as in colleague
a fellow worker
my coworkers and I often send facetious e-mails to one another
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Recent Examples of coworker
Consider making non-professional social media accounts private and limiting coworkers’ access.
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Essence, 26 Jan. 2026
The Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien-starring thriller about a couple of sparring coworkers stranded on a remote island has the power to become 2026's first big horror hit.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
Neighborhood chat channels document how friends, coworkers and schoolchildren were here one day and gone the next.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Consumers Energy regularly participates in mutual assistance efforts with energy providers across the country including most recently in 2024 when nearly 200 coworkers supported three weather events.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Essence, 26 Jan. 2026
The Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien-starring thriller about a couple of sparring coworkers stranded on a remote island has the power to become 2026's first big horror hit.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
Neighborhood chat channels document how friends, coworkers and schoolchildren were here one day and gone the next.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Consumers Energy regularly participates in mutual assistance efforts with energy providers across the country including most recently in 2024 when nearly 200 coworkers supported three weather events.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for coworker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coworker
colleague
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That the officers often swept up groups of colleagues, friends and family members was probably a matter of convenience more than anything else.—
M. Gessen,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Citi has enjoyed a 70% adoption rate of its proprietary AI tools, according to 2025 fourth-quarter findings, and colleagues across 84 countries interacted with the bank’s AI tools over 21 million times.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Coworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coworker. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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