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The phrase "a friends of a" is not correct in English.
It should be "a friend of a" or "friends of a." You can use the corrected phrase when referring to a single friend or multiple friends associated with someone or something.
Example: "She is a friend of a famous artist."
Alternatives: "a companion of a" or "a buddy of a".
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A secret can spread to a friends of a friend or a stranger if they attract 'likes.' In the app, I'll see half of the updates come from friends or friends of friends, while others have arrived from Colombia, New York or Wisconsin if one of my friends has liked them.
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I compare it to meeting a friend-of-a-friend at a party.
A fine place to make a friend-of-a-friend an actual friend.
It's usually best to try to find a friend-of-a-friend (or a coworker or boss of a friend or parent, etc).
A friend of a friend may well be an enemy.
Even a friend of a friend of a friend was at greater risk of loneliness.
Betrayal of a friend, of a colleague, of a lover?
Casey bought it through a friend of a friend.
'Everyone is a friend of a friend,' says Luke.
She was a friend of a mutual friend.
Cara also has a friend of a friend who is a producer at MSNBC.
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