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
While helping Hough practice for his live tour this fall, Ballas ended up partnering with his longtime pal on a few routines while Hough’s wife Hayley Erbert filmed their performances and posted them on social media.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
On Monday, December 16, the 31-year-old comedian showed up at the All In: Comedy About Love gala in New York City to support his longtime pal John Mulaney, who is starring in the Broadway show alongside Renée Elise Goldsberry and Richard Kind.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
With nothing yet set in stone and Lure holding onto its lease for another year and a half (for now,) Burns and his pals have a little while longer to chow down on the restaurant’s fare.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2024
For Outbreak, many of his pals were indeed happy to pitch in, not just to help Wolfe out, but because there wasn’t much else going on.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
On Monday, December 16, the 31-year-old comedian showed up at the All In: Comedy About Love gala in New York City to support his longtime pal John Mulaney, who is starring in the Broadway show alongside Renée Elise Goldsberry and Richard Kind.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
With nothing yet set in stone and Lure holding onto its lease for another year and a half (for now,) Burns and his pals have a little while longer to chow down on the restaurant’s fare.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2024
For Outbreak, many of his pals were indeed happy to pitch in, not just to help Wolfe out, but because there wasn’t much else going on.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pal. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.
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