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Geyser and her friend Anissa Weier lured their classmate, Payton Leutner, to a Waukesha park in 2014.
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CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
One anecdote, attributed to a high school senior named Clarissa, claims that a male classmate named Michael receives all the credit for the ideas that were conceived together.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
The child’s fifth-grade sister recently gathered with classmates to talk about the changes happening with their parents.
—Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
For kids with dyslexia and other reading challenges, who feel isolated to begin with, not being allowed to play with classmates makes socialization even harder.
—David Owen, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
One anecdote, attributed to a high school senior named Clarissa, claims that a male classmate named Michael receives all the credit for the ideas that were conceived together.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
The child’s fifth-grade sister recently gathered with classmates to talk about the changes happening with their parents.
—Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
For kids with dyslexia and other reading challenges, who feel isolated to begin with, not being allowed to play with classmates makes socialization even harder.
—David Owen, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Classmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classmate. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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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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