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as in half
either of a pair matched in one or more qualities
have you seen the mate to this glove anywhere?
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as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
that lout and his mates are known troublemakers in the neighborhood
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as in assistant
chiefly British
a person who helps a more skilled person
a plumber and his mate showed up to fix the sink in our London hotel room
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as in partner
the person to whom another is married
they vowed to each other that they would remain mates for life
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as in friend
chiefly British
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
spent the weekend in London with some of his mates from Oxford
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Recent Examples of mate
Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
With Yang's Wicked and Wicked: For Good cast mate Grande in the host slot for the third time Saturday, Yang's decision to make the last SNL of 2025 his final turn already feels poetic in its symmetry.
—Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 21 Dec. 2025
Elizabeth Preston, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
These close evolutionary neighbors sometimes share DNA, including potentially beneficial mutations, by mating across the species lines defined by humans’ classification systems.
—David Toews, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
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At the time, Wei was a petty officer who held a security clearance and worked as a machinist’s mate aboard the Essex.
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Things may balance out because a female will lay eggs only every two to four years, whereas a male can mate every year.
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Jayden Reid led Northwestern with a career-high 28 points, including 20 in the second half.—
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Perry scored 22 points and Bilodeau chipped in with 14 during the second half, when the Bruins shot 50% (12 for 24) from the floor and hit seven shots from behind the arc.—
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Later, Pine concludes that Teddy is in league with an associate named Gilberto Hanson, but his ally Sally Price-Jones (Hayley Squires) discovers that Hanson died 17 years prior in a helicopter crash that was never publicized.—
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There's an associate with a handheld device who will build you a dressing room.—
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Daily calls with Sundar Pichai In 2023, Google made a key change to combine its Google Brain research division with DeepMind, a move that laid the foundation for its success with the company's flagship AI assistant Gemini.—
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Aside from Wells’ appointment, the club’s coaching and technical staff remained mostly intact, aside from two outgoing and two incoming assistant coaches.—
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During the episode, Cher told Shepard that his wife Kristen Bell deserves a better partner.—
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Other times, the passive partner is employed but does almost no parenting or caring for the home.—
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Victor Quispe Victor Quispe The friend said Quispe was a barber, and he recently got married and his wife is expecting.—
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First, Monty Miller (a suave, anguished Jon Hamm), Tommy’s lifelong friend and billionaire founder of M-Tex, dies suddenly, but not before naming the fixer as the new company president.—
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The passenger adapted and put a blanket, similar to this Turkish towel, over his head—and slept peacefully until touchdown.—
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Set the temperature to 68°F when at home, 60°F to 62°F when away, and 65°F when sleeping.—
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Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City is one of just 16 World Cup host cities, with six matches set for June and July—but the timing couldn’t be better for a place already buzzing with momentum.—
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Storylines to watch in Eagles-49ers The chess match between 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and Eagles defense coordinator Vic Fangio will be one of the most intriguing storylines to watch in Sunday's game in South Philly.—
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My good buddy and I both started out making theater.—
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Wavrin tells me that several buddies are also at the derby, fishing from hard-sided huts.—
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“Mate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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