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My dad’s stories about his grade-school experience felt like dark fables, peppered with slurs hurled at him by classmates.
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Rachel Tepper Paley,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
Mothers and female relatives sat beside the bodies throughout the night while classmates and friends of the victims stood nearby in tears.
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ABC News,
1 July 2026
Technology has democratized opportunity in ways my second-grade classmates could never have imagined.
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Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Not surprisingly, his classmates in Toronto, where his family settled in the 1960s, teased him.
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Dean Kaufman,
Curbed,
30 June 2026
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Rachel Tepper Paley,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
Mothers and female relatives sat beside the bodies throughout the night while classmates and friends of the victims stood nearby in tears.
—
ABC News,
1 July 2026
Technology has democratized opportunity in ways my second-grade classmates could never have imagined.
—
Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Not surprisingly, his classmates in Toronto, where his family settled in the 1960s, teased him.
—
Dean Kaufman,
Curbed,
30 June 2026
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“Classmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classmate. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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classmate
noun
class·mate
ˈklas-ˌmāt 
: a member of the same class in a school or college
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