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friends

  • plural
    of friend.
    friend
    noun
    a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
  • present tense form
    of friend (3rd person singular).
    friend
    noun
    a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.

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The family was flying with the children’s caretaker, Anita Maria Cetina, and friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr, according to a joint statement from the families.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

“Hundreds of people on your professional team, as well as countless friends… no one warned you?” posted one follower, Jamie M. Timbre, in a reply to her Instagram mea culpa.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

Her friends from the study-abroad program “went from hospital to hospital searching for her until they finally found her and notified Leah’s parents,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

He said that some of his female friends had started talking to a large group of boys as they sat on the rocks.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

And now everything would be weird between us, and maybe we wouldn’t even be able to stay best friends anymore, which is exactly what I’d wanted to avoid.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith