as in partner
a fellow worker
on her first day at work her colleagues went out of their way to make her feel welcome
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Recent Examples of colleague
Mishra and colleagues picked out roughly 20,000 of the most massive central galaxies and watched what happened to them over cosmic time.
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 9 June 2026
Bell and his colleagues calculate its minimum radius would’ve been about 1,000 kilometers.
—Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 9 June 2026
As my colleague Ben previously alluded to in our Players to Watch piece, all eyes will be on the 6-foot-5 goalscoring machine in his first ever World Cup.
—Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Now, however, the limits of some of those efforts are coming into focus as my Fortune colleagues explain.
—Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 9 June 2026
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 9 June 2026
Bell and his colleagues calculate its minimum radius would’ve been about 1,000 kilometers.
—Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 9 June 2026
As my colleague Ben previously alluded to in our Players to Watch piece, all eyes will be on the 6-foot-5 goalscoring machine in his first ever World Cup.
—Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Now, however, the limits of some of those efforts are coming into focus as my Fortune colleagues explain.
—Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colleague
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First on the stand on Thursday was Mark Porter, who works as a forensic video analyst with the Tarrant County district attorney’s office, according to Star-Telegram media partner WFAA-TV.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2026
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But don’t assume every potential dating partner is out to get you.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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The moment my coworkers and I arrived and donned our dustproof coveralls, our bodies no longer belonged to us.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Without the structure of an office, the social cue of coworkers leaving their desks, or the physical separation between work and life, hybrid workers are skipping lunch at higher rates than anyone else.—
William Jones
June 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
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Ingrassia, a twenty-nine-year-old associate at the McBride Law Firm, had worked on the case against Hadley.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Broadcast associate, Mariah Johnson.—
Heather Abbott,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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Other landmark credits include ensemble buddy, road trip, coming-of-age film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), directed by Zoya Akhtar, and family melodrama Kabhi Khushi Khabhie Gham (2001), directed by Karan Johar.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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The vibes are excellent at Buddy, which is in fact a buddy project, pooling the talents of several bar scene stalwarts.—
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
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But there are approximately 13 artisans categories that rely on peer group screening panels — and in 2026, those nominations won’t be announced until the following week, on Wednesday, July 15.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Refracted through the lens of the 2018 killing of one of Clemmons’s few Black peers in tony Swarthmore public schools, the essay reflects on the consequences of systemic disinvestment in Chester, the nearby majority-Black city where Robbie was born, taught, and died.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Prior to his time with King Philip, Vizakis coached at fellow Hockomock League schools such as Milford and Franklin.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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David John Chávez is a former chair of the American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association, a 2020 O’Neill National Critics Institute fellow, and a two-time juror for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2022-’23).—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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“Colleague.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colleague. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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