as in friend
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
I always choose my best pal for my softball team first
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Recent Examples of pal
The Girls, which comes from Keeping Up With The Kardashians producer Bunim/Murray, stars Kardashian pals including Natalie Halcro, Khadijah and Malika Haqq.
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Peter White, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
The former is a Trattoria-style Italian restaurant named after Viking founder Torstein Hagen’s good pal Manfredi Lefebvre; the latter is a set five-course menu that rotates every few days.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the reality star's pal Anastasia Karanikolaou also wore a custom Khy look.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Her pal and fellow Drag Race alum Thorgy Thor opted out of character cosplay, instead dressing as the devil.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
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Peter White, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
The former is a Trattoria-style Italian restaurant named after Viking founder Torstein Hagen’s good pal Manfredi Lefebvre; the latter is a set five-course menu that rotates every few days.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the reality star's pal Anastasia Karanikolaou also wore a custom Khy look.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Her pal and fellow Drag Race alum Thorgy Thor opted out of character cosplay, instead dressing as the devil.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pal
Noun
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Her first time visiting New York City, Mann had made plans to introduce her two friends to the larger-than-life Weinstein over breakfast.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Before Miami Dolphins draft pick Michael Taaffe and quarterback Quinn Ewers were teammates and close friends at Texas, Taaffe had the best day of his high school football career against Ewers.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Oscar nominee and Primetime Emmy winner Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff directed the documentary, which features interviews with King, her wife Ilana Kloss, and fellow tennis luminaries Chris Evert and Rosie Casals, and King’s buddy Elton John, among others.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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On the way to save her beloved canine buddy Krypto, the party-hearty but tortured Supergirl teams up with a vengeful youngster (Ruthye Marye Knoll) and a rambunctious intergalactic bounty hunter (Jason Momoa).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In this entry, the third of the series, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his chums at a children’s finishing school for magicians called Hogwarts must work together to protect Harry from a killer named Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), who intends to kill the young wizard.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
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That way, when the tuna show up the hooked baits blend in with the free-swimming chum.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pal. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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