housemates
- plural of housemate.
Example Sentences
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Couples and long-term housemates tend to have more alike gut microbiomes than unrelated individuals, even when their diets are not the same.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026
Ellis said his friends and housemates spoke Welsh "constantly" to each other, which led to him having daily nightmares and panic attacks that made it even harder to concentrate on his studies.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
Pris Liora, 40, who was looking for someone to rent the extra room in her Koreatown apartment, didn’t prepare any questions for potential housemates, saying she just wanted to do a vibe check.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
About 990,000 older adults were living with unrelated housemates or roommates in 2023, which is up 8.8% since 2021, and more than double the number two decades ago, according to Harvard’s Joint Center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
There wasn’t much consistency in the life of an orphan—new housemates coming and going like waves on a shore—but Adoption Day parties were always the same.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
