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roommate

[room-mayt, room-] / ˈrumˌmeɪt, ˈrʊm- /
NOUN
companion
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Karnofsky was once Amodei's roommate, and is now married to his sister Daniela, who co-founded Anthropic with him.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Her roommate told the university that as time went on, Doe "kind of came to realise that it was something bad. And that she didn't really enjoy her time there".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Headquarters started in 2024, inspired by a skiing accident suffered by Skoutellas’ college roommate years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Alex Hubben made it a priority, and he was willing to take on a roommate to do it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

I thought briefly of checking myself into a hospital, but I'd seen what those wards looked like and I’ve always hated having a roommate.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

A company later acquired the home but also didn’t make repairs, pushing Raj and her roommates out.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Co-founders Conner Galloway and Alexander Valys met in 2004 as undergraduate roommates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

A few times she moved to live with roommates to bring down the cost of renting.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

They became roommates and teammates, debuting in the same year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Even if they were roommates and we did hate each other, I was going to stay friends with Seanie Flaherty.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith




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