as in colleague
a fellow worker
my coworkers and I often send facetious e-mails to one another
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Recent Examples of coworker
For instance, when asked to recall a recent work meeting, what stands out might be a clever, hilarious, or dumb comment from a coworker (peak), and the triumphant, jovial, or tense atmosphere when the meeting wrapped up (end).
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Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Pam hid the bruises on her arms, legs and face from her coworkers and family.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 27 June 2025
She’s only been a cop for a few years, and this new assignment does not seem good for her career, but someone in the police department has shuffled her off to arson investigations, likely due to her history of bad decisions, including an affair with a toxic coworker who is also her boss.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
Emily, a close friend and coworker of Alyss's, had been present when Aaliyah brought it up.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 24 June 2025
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Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Pam hid the bruises on her arms, legs and face from her coworkers and family.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 27 June 2025
She’s only been a cop for a few years, and this new assignment does not seem good for her career, but someone in the police department has shuffled her off to arson investigations, likely due to her history of bad decisions, including an affair with a toxic coworker who is also her boss.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
Emily, a close friend and coworker of Alyss's, had been present when Aaliyah brought it up.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coworker
colleague
Noun
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In the days since the concert, a number of friends, family, and colleagues have asked me about it—mostly inquiring about the set list and the car prop malfunction.—
Leah Faye Cooper,
Vogue,
4 July 2025
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Together with his colleague Richard Wetherald at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in Princeton, N.J., Manabe used a simple climate model to show that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 would lead to more efficient trapping of heat in the troposphere.—
Ben Santer,
Scientific American,
4 July 2025
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“Coworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coworker. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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