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She and three other Black schoolmates were accompanied to class by federal marshals.
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
Additionally, her former schoolmate, who is now an activist nun, brings disquiet to the community when she is stranded there while returning the remains of a former nun, a murder victim.
—The Know, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
Reflecting on the value of community in womanhood, Paltrow also gave a shout-out to a celebrity schoolmate.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Whereas the play only obliquely references the character’s successful new novel, this version presents Eileen’s manuscript — co-written with her mousy lover Thea (Imogen Potts), a former schoolmate of Hedda’s — as a revelatory treatise on the future of human sexuality.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
Additionally, her former schoolmate, who is now an activist nun, brings disquiet to the community when she is stranded there while returning the remains of a former nun, a murder victim.
—The Know, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
Reflecting on the value of community in womanhood, Paltrow also gave a shout-out to a celebrity schoolmate.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Whereas the play only obliquely references the character’s successful new novel, this version presents Eileen’s manuscript — co-written with her mousy lover Thea (Imogen Potts), a former schoolmate of Hedda’s — as a revelatory treatise on the future of human sexuality.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
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“Schoolmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolmate. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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schoolmate
noun
school·mate
-ˌmāt 
: a companion at school
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