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
Kelce is posing next to a classmate named Bianca in the photo, who won the contest as well for her costume as civil rights activist Rosa Parks.
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Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Her classmates’ concern wore down her shield of privacy and silent shame, especially once the situation was impossible to hide.
—Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Princess Williams, with tears in her eyes, sat in the back row with her classmates at New Heights Adult High School’s McCart Avenue grand opening Thursday morning.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles, and Gale Hansen starred alongside Hawke as classmates at the fictional Welton Academy.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
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Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Her classmates’ concern wore down her shield of privacy and silent shame, especially once the situation was impossible to hide.
—Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Princess Williams, with tears in her eyes, sat in the back row with her classmates at New Heights Adult High School’s McCart Avenue grand opening Thursday morning.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles, and Gale Hansen starred alongside Hawke as classmates at the fictional Welton Academy.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classmate
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That one person is supposed to deliver a company’s entire Net Zero transition, wrangle data from hundreds of suppliers, meet evolving regulations, educate colleagues, and somehow keep everyone motivated.—
Gus Bartholomew,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
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While that included Jimmy Kimmel’s controversial suspension in September, more relevant was CBS’ surprise decision this summer to cancel The Late Show, which is hosted by Stewart’s old colleague Stephen Colbert.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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The team posted a photo of the two of them on X alongside another photo of Ohtani's teammate Mookie Betts and his wife, Brianna Hammonds.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Reed stared down Detroit’s bench as his teammates met him with enthusiasm while Cunningham went the other way in transition.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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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
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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 Nov. 2025.
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