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roommate

[room-meyt, room-] / ˈrumˌmeɪt, ˈrʊm- /
NOUN
companion
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You make less than $60,000 per year, which is considered normal for your age range, but rent is still $1,415 even though you live with a roommate.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

My roommate also got me into jogging, which dovetailed with my own Diet Coke phase.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Knox was convicted and later acquitted of murdering her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Italy in 2007.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Since then, that role has largely been filled by his roommate, who is also a close friend.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

My roommate had already leapt out of her bed.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

He and his roommates would use up to six stove burners at a time to prepare meals together, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

Employees of all ages attended meetings remotely while holding crying babies or with pajama-wearing roommates in the frame.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Ahmadi and Alshafe met on a small boat from France arriving in the UK in June 2025, while Alshafe and Al-Danasurt, who arrived in the UK in October 2024, were roommates at the hotel.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

The new priest, Dillon Scott Vita, is the son of one of my college roommates, Bill, and his wife, Eileen.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Now, all of the sudden in New York City, my roommates were ironically African American, Caucasian, and Asian, just like my best friends back in elementary school.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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