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1. Participants in a two-way, non-romantic friendship.
   • “Oh, my God.” Cora found herself laughing. It felt like forever since she’d laughed, too. “You know that’s going to set the rumors off again.” Even Ygara had thought she and Janae were a couple. The truth was that Janae had been more than interested, though she’d taken it gracefully when Cora had turned her down. Now that the awkwardness had settled, they could be just friends. 2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 13, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 241:
   • Nick had asked her to be his date for the wedding. It had been under the guise of "just friends," but I knew better because Nick didn't do just friends with women. 2019, Kat Mizera, Nowhere Left to Run:
   • And thanks to my particular brand of romantic dysfunction - the one where I lose interest in every guy I sleep with as soon as the deed is done - after , we'll finally be able to go back to being the kind of just friends we're supposed to be. (Can we date this quote?), Mira Lyn Kelly, Just Friends: A Moira McTark Re-Release - Sexy Friends to Lovers, Mira Lyn Kelly:
   • Jack has confirmed that, contrary to the rumors that he and Jill are dating and are planning to marry, he and Jill are just friends.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see just, friends.