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
This is your coworker’s daughter who sees no tomorrow.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
Will people report problematic coworkers to HR by sharing a conversation Plaud recorded?
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Having traveled with family and coworkers for decades, my mom has noticed that one area people always go wrong with packing is shoes.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025
To keep staff connected, executives must protect face-to-face time with coworkers, if only via remote video calls.
—Leigh Cuen, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
Will people report problematic coworkers to HR by sharing a conversation Plaud recorded?
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 18 June 2025
Don’t: Pack multiple pairs of shoes Instead: Bring a versatile style
$100 $50 at Amazon
Having traveled with family and coworkers for decades, my mom has noticed that one area people always go wrong with packing is shoes.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025
To keep staff connected, executives must protect face-to-face time with coworkers, if only via remote video calls.
—Leigh Cuen, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for coworker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coworker
colleague
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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 10 Jul. 2025.
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