as in colleague
a member of the same class in a school, college, or university
She was widely regarded as the most likely to succeed among her classmates.
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Recent Examples of classmate
For most of her life, friends, classmates and colleagues had called her Shay, while her legal name, ShaQuan, remained on official documents.
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
Diana and Hanbury were classmates at West Heath Girls’ School in Kent, and the letter was written as Charles and Diana’s honeymoon continued at Balmoral Castle.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 24 May 2026
Forced to walk around, and even sleep, in a steel straightjacket with his neck permanently raised high, the once carefree Christophe begins to shut down to both his classmates and family.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
One character’s escape is ghostwriting love letters and pornographic stories to entertain his classmates.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
Diana and Hanbury were classmates at West Heath Girls’ School in Kent, and the letter was written as Charles and Diana’s honeymoon continued at Balmoral Castle.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 24 May 2026
Forced to walk around, and even sleep, in a steel straightjacket with his neck permanently raised high, the once carefree Christophe begins to shut down to both his classmates and family.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
One character’s escape is ghostwriting love letters and pornographic stories to entertain his classmates.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classmate
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Friends, colleagues, LinkedIn endorsements, links to newsletters for the unemployed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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My colleague, Stephen Battaglio, has written about what the future of late-night TV talk shows will now look like.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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Sánchez thanked his teammates for their support — in the good and the bad times.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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After squeezing the game’s final out, first baseman Leyton MacPherson casually flipped the ball in the air, joined her teammate in a sprint toward Spangler, and gloves began flying.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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By age 3, her speech lagged behind her peers, and by 5 1/2, she was diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome.—
Elise Esposito,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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The report notes that the US uniquely lacks universal health coverage among high-income peer countries.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2026
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And Hilo, another graphic novel series about a gentle-hearted alien robot who lands up on Earth, makes friends, and does battle with a collection of intergalactic bad guys.—
Ian Mackenzie,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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After weeks of small conversations, the two became close friends before eventually marrying in Las Vegas during the National Finals Rodeo.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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Aleah Crew: Like her schoolmate Gomez, Crew is another returning Artist of the Year nominee from Fullerton Union High School.—
Theresa Walker,
Oc Register,
14 May 2026
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Diana’s prep schoolmate Delissa Needham will appear in the series, speaking on camera for the first time, plus hairdresser Sam McKnight, astrologer Penny Thornton and confidante Daily Mail journalist Richard Kay.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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