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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 1943 yearbook showed zero Japanese American students, nor did the editors of the book mention how or why their classmates had disappeared from campus.
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Michael A Messner, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
Two Swansea parents were in court Wednesday, facing firearm and child endangerment charges after police say their second-grade child brought a gun to school and showed classmates.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
At the vigil, Pierre’s family joined by dozens of friends, classmates and activists at the teen’s high school, Eagle Academy of Southeast Queens, before setting off down Merrick Blvd.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Schools brought in counselors for the victims’ young classmates and community leaders called for a citywide reckoning on stopping domestic violence.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Earlier this month, Graham reflected on landing her role in License to Drive at just 17 and how her high school classmates reacted after she was cast.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Schools brought in counselors for the victims’ young classmates and neighbors grieved at a growing memorial.
—Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
But some classmates at Detroit’s Waldorf School connected the dots.
—Brian McCollum, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
The 17-year-old actor took to Instagram to ask his online admirers to stop harassing his real-life classmates.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
Michael A Messner, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
Two Swansea parents were in court Wednesday, facing firearm and child endangerment charges after police say their second-grade child brought a gun to school and showed classmates.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
At the vigil, Pierre’s family joined by dozens of friends, classmates and activists at the teen’s high school, Eagle Academy of Southeast Queens, before setting off down Merrick Blvd.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Schools brought in counselors for the victims’ young classmates and community leaders called for a citywide reckoning on stopping domestic violence.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Earlier this month, Graham reflected on landing her role in License to Drive at just 17 and how her high school classmates reacted after she was cast.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Schools brought in counselors for the victims’ young classmates and neighbors grieved at a growing memorial.
—Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
But some classmates at Detroit’s Waldorf School connected the dots.
—Brian McCollum, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
The 17-year-old actor took to Instagram to ask his online admirers to stop harassing his real-life classmates.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for classmates
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Most importantly, Charnoz and his colleagues’ results clustered into three mineralogical families that closely resemble the composition of the three main chondrite types.—
Javier Barbuzano,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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Fernandez said the broad support for his proposal among his commission colleagues runs counter to public narratives about tow companies wielding undue influence in Miami Beach.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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His new measurement of the gravitational constant, or G, one of the most fundamental values in physics, was going to be revealed to his peers that afternoon.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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Today, the average Black 12th grader scores lower than about 75 percent of his or her white peers.—
Steven F. Wilson,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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Reiten’s arrival signals a reunion with her former Chelsea teammates, defender Jess Carter and goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Rust and Pittsburgh teammates Erik Karlsson, Samuel Girard, Connor Dewar and Ryan Shea went to the visiting box.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Reporters, editors and guests of the many publications in attendance filed in, searching for their tables, yapping with old – or possibly new – friends and lining up to get a photo in front of the main table.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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But do those connections turn into friends?—
Mary Frances Ruskell,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Classmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classmates. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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