coworkers

variants or co-workers
plural of coworker

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of coworkers Messaging apps make switching harder when friends, family and coworkers depend on them. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026 Messaging platforms make switching harder when friends, family and coworkers depend on them. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026 Not just the patient's premiums, but those of coworkers or anyone else on the health plan. — Bo Evans, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 The victims were mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives, friends and coworkers. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2026 This short-sleeve shirt dress is sophisticated enough to wear straight from the office to after-work happy hour with your coworkers. — Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026 Others echoed similar frustrations, criticizing company leadership and expressing concern for coworkers suddenly left without income. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 The search continues As Grosof drove with his NTSB coworkers through New York City at 80 mph through the Midtown tunnel, there was not a cab, a bus, or a car to be seen. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 Nobody seems to work much, though, the employees are consumed by gossip, crushes, and confusion about their coworkers, superiors, and others who lurk in their building. — James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coworkers
colleagues
Noun
  • Nussbaum and her colleagues began passing out leaflets at Boston subway and bus stops to women heading to their jobs at downtown office buildings.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • For The Times) In the other new study, Taylor and his colleagues looked along the banks of rivers running through the cities of Bakersfield and Coalinga.
    — Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Coworkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coworkers. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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