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
The safety and security of our passengers and colleagues is our number one priority.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
And only a quarter of her corps colleagues identified as people of color.
—Aubri Juhasz, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Rosencrans stresses that transparency with colleagues about your life outside the office fosters authenticity and connection.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The entire imbroglio spawned countless memes and mockery and put a national spotlight, for a few days, on the former colleagues.
—Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
And only a quarter of her corps colleagues identified as people of color.
—Aubri Juhasz, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Rosencrans stresses that transparency with colleagues about your life outside the office fosters authenticity and connection.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The entire imbroglio spawned countless memes and mockery and put a national spotlight, for a few days, on the former colleagues.
—Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colleague
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Jeffrey Katzenberg—film producer, former DreamWorks CEO, and founding partner of tech investment firm WndrCo—is, perhaps most importantly, a dad and a grandfather.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Ealrlier in the evening, part-owner Renee Medford posted in a Haltom City Facebook group that one of her business partners had seized the landmark restaurant, 5010 Stanley Keller Road.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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Her kindness extended to her coworkers at Walmart.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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These tactics damage trust, make coworkers defensive, and often do more harm than good.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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That leaves Vivas, who cofounded an earlier startup with AppLovin’s CEO Adam Foroughi and invested early in his buddy’s latest venture, as one of three billionaires from the company on this year’s list (all of them newcomers).—
Thomas Gallagher,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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This buddy comedy is perfect for dinosaur fans and tells an inspirational tale about friendship.—
Sydni Ellis,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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So far this decade — according to Brian McNoldy, a senior research associate at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science — the number of days that lows failed to dip below 80 degrees has already doubled compared to the 2000’s.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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But by mistake, Trey’s friend Kyle – the boy of King’s longtime associate Paul (Jeffrey Wright) – is the one being held, and King works with the police to pay the culprits and get the kid back.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Typically, a peer-review process is required where multiple experts in the field provide feedback on the analysis before a publication is possible.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The engine behind it is a peer – someone who has been there, done that and now is trained and certified to support people along the way.—
Jessica Magidson,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement One policy area that may be a priority under Anutin, says Napon Jatusripitak, a visiting fellow and acting coordinator of the Thailand Studies Programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, is cannabis regulation.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Richard Lorren Jolly is a senior fellow with the Civil Justice Research Initiative.—
Richard Lorren Jolly,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Colleague.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colleague. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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