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
The next time they were spotted was at a grassy area near Glenelg Beach, where one of Jane’s classmates recognized her and pointed her out to her mother.
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Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
That meant Jake had to keep his role under wraps among friends and classmates longer than anticipated.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
Sam Woodward, a high-school classmate of Bernstein’s, could not have been more opposite—brooding, angry, and fond of racist postings on social media.
—Wendell Jamieson, Air Mail, 3 Jan. 2026
Encouragement from classmates, family and friends pushed him to keep going in those early years.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 3 Jan. 2026
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Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
That meant Jake had to keep his role under wraps among friends and classmates longer than anticipated.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
Sam Woodward, a high-school classmate of Bernstein’s, could not have been more opposite—brooding, angry, and fond of racist postings on social media.
—Wendell Jamieson, Air Mail, 3 Jan. 2026
Encouragement from classmates, family and friends pushed him to keep going in those early years.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 3 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classmate
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Politico cited congressional colleagues who did not wish to be named as saying LaMalfa suffered an aneurysm — a bulging of an arterial wall — and then a heart attack.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Moreno and his colleagues believe there is a small window in which to strike a deal and have proposed a longer period for open enrollment to soften the blow of premium increases.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Jan. 2026
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Flagg watched teammate Naji Marshall pick Washington Wizards guard CJ McCollum’s pocket and then zoomed ahead in transition.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Our thoughts and prayers are with his girlfriend Catalina, family, friends and his teammates.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Pop stars often talk about working hard, but Rosalía makes most of her peers seem lazy, and, indeed, any listener not inclined to embark upon a multilingual research project may end up feeling a bit lazy, too.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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That could include adding positions like peer support specialists, addressing retention challenges like access to child care and establishing partnerships between hospitals and nearby colleges to produce a steady stream of workers.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The introduction was from my father, who was a friend of his in another lifetime.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Listeners can also share their stats with friends, see who had a better top artist of the year, and poke fun at the embarrassing songs that ended up on their charts.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Nov. 2025
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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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Even Springer’s hockey-playing schoolmates from Connecticut took notice.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Classmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classmate. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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