How to Use companion in a Sentence

companion

noun
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  • The companion app will be made unavailable to new users at the end of 2023.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
  • What is the companion sculpture to Ohio’s butter cow in the state fair?
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 July 2023
  • Ahead of the release of her new album and companion film, This Is Me ...
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Your kids—and furry companions—will want to leap in, too.
    — Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
  • But for those who sneeze, wheeze, and water as the world begins to bloom, pollen is a less-than-welcome companion to spring.
    — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 8 May 2024
  • Here’s the big change, though: To get a new companion pass each year, cardholders must charge at least $6,000 during the year.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2023
  • Used right, the personal item can be a clutch companion.
    — Jen Ator, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Hackers could use a companion app to take over the devices and view camera footage, the report found.
    — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Customers will be allowed to change their companions up to three times.
    — Irving Mejia-Hilario, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Assuming the gunshots were coming from Gaza, Ms. Abud and her companions stopped to take refuge in the shelter with the bird.
    — Isabel Kershner Amit Elkayam, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Smith said that there’s also interest in the House on a companion bill.
    — Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Employee cards can open the same gate over and over, so companions can also ride for free.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • To start, there’s no companion bill yet, so the legislation is barely at the start line in that chamber.
    — Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The waiting room has been so crowded that patients' companions were asked to stay in their cars or drop people off to free up space, Gavin said.
    — Marissa Parra, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
  • The team found that when the rattlesnakes were exposed to stress, the presence of a snake companion significantly changed the heartbeat of both snakes.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 July 2023
  • Miss Manners fears that your lunch companions will then be left to wonder what happens to the dressing that is now on your palm instead of your blouse.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Think of it as a companion to Jeff’s weekly columns and his popular series of books.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Given the profusion of little pusses, why was the North African wildcat the one to give rise to our household companions?
    — Jonathan Losos, Fortune Well, 5 Aug. 2023
  • And Wednesday’s moonrise will have a companion in the southeastern sky.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
  • My dinner companion liked the octopus the best, but leaned toward the crudo and carrot tostada.
    — The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Collective movement, in which ants randomly wander off the edges of a raft formed by their companions, helps the colony search for land.
    — Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
  • This Rainbow Tie-Dye Platypus is ultra-soft and makes the perfect cuddly companion for kids and adults alike.
    — Margaret Drake, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Starboard has a companion, named Port—the two male orcas are named after the directions each of their dorsal fins bend.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Swift's cat companions started with Meredith Grey — a Scottish Fold — back in 2011.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Cooling companion Hyaluronic acid serums are akin to a tall glass of water for the skin, and this cooling version is as if the glass included ice.
    — Anneke Knot, wsj.com, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The bill, which passed in a 13-4 vote in its first committee stop on Thursday, has no companion legislation in the Senate.
    — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Kyivstar’s companion had left him behind and was walking there alone.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Despite what some may think, this Ken’s name is not a reference to older wealthy men who take up with younger lovers, but to his toy dog companion, Sugar.
    — Shannon Carlin, Time, 20 July 2023
  • Those words harken back to a time when women could not vote, to a time when they were virtually owned by their husband or male companion, so your words came with a sting and a bite.
    — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Fennel isn't a good companion for most garden vegetables and should be grown in a little patch or pot by itself.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 2 May 2024

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