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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 classmates
The joy of setting a beautiful table and the convenience of throwaway dishes are no longer mutually exclusive thanks to Pavilion, a design-forward paper plate company dreamed up by a pair of grad school classmates.
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Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
Now in their mid-30s, the former classmates are being forced to return home and finish high school once and for all.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
In the hours before his death, friends and classmates congregated around his hospital bed, KPNX reported.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Later in the program, Arianna and her classmates from Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy sang and danced with guidance from their teacher Mama Shaneeka.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
Their classmates are also assigned to be leaders of a handful of other groups.
—Kaleb Demerew, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
The documents contained details of disciplinary action and indicated that Sherrill was prohibited from participating in her 1994 graduation ceremony after declining to identify classmates implicated in a cheating incident.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 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
Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
Now in their mid-30s, the former classmates are being forced to return home and finish high school once and for all.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
In the hours before his death, friends and classmates congregated around his hospital bed, KPNX reported.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Later in the program, Arianna and her classmates from Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy sang and danced with guidance from their teacher Mama Shaneeka.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
Their classmates are also assigned to be leaders of a handful of other groups.
—Kaleb Demerew, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
The documents contained details of disciplinary action and indicated that Sherrill was prohibited from participating in her 1994 graduation ceremony after declining to identify classmates implicated in a cheating incident.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for classmates
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Last summer, following Mamdani’s stunning primary victory, many friends and colleagues were anxious that this Democratic candidate was too liberal, too anti-business, too inexperienced for the global stage, and simply too young.—
Sally Susman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The plan is certain to divide the Democratic caucus — and possibly also their Republican colleagues — as senators try to assemble a bipartisan deal to reopen the government, ending 35 days of a debilitating shutdown.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Would this rhetoric spread and become mainstream among many of my peers?—
Eli Thompson,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
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Their mom, Alyssa Crawford, shared two images of herself with her daughter Violet, with text alluding to the 4-year-old’s height being smaller than her peers.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 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
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Antetokounmpo received plenty of help from his teammates Friday night.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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Family members, friends, and contemporaries in the industry have been posting tributes following the news.—
Mikelle Street,
Them.,
10 Nov. 2025
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The idea has come up in internal BBC News meetings and been ventilated on BBC airwaves by friends of the corporation like David Yelland, once a key figure in the Murdoch empire and now a communications specialist with his own BBC podcast.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Classmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classmates. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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