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One month after Amber’s murder, Williams visited her daughter’s elementary school classmates.
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Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
The demonstrations are a show of solidarity and concern, not only for classmates, but for their communities.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Netflix's Adolescence is a four-episode limited series about the family of Jamie Miller (Cooper), a teenage boy accused of stabbing to death his female classmate.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Two of the daughter’s classmates had discovered the grisly mayhem; at the time of writing, no suspect had been identified.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
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Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
The demonstrations are a show of solidarity and concern, not only for classmates, but for their communities.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Netflix's Adolescence is a four-episode limited series about the family of Jamie Miller (Cooper), a teenage boy accused of stabbing to death his female classmate.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Two of the daughter’s classmates had discovered the grisly mayhem; at the time of writing, no suspect had been identified.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Classmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classmate. Accessed 19 Jan. 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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