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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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One of Mendoza’s associates was waiting for them.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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In 1951, Husseini’s associates murdered one of his foremost rivals, King Abdullah of Jordan.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Friends of mine received unwanted explicit snaps from male peers, some were contacted by complete strangers, and many were bullied on the platform.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
12 Sep. 2025
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Carman Chan, founder of Click Ventures, a single-family office, similarly noted that many of her family office peers who set up businesses in Singapore are relocating back to Hong Kong.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Stolen from the Yankees in the Rule 5 Draft less than a year earlier, the rookie found himself on the mound for the bottom of the ninth, just as veteran teammate and fellow ex-Yankee Adam Ottavino predicted.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Hasan Alhasan, senior fellow for Middle East Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Bahrain, said Gulf states haven’t previously significantly participated in proceedings against Israel at international courts, and that that could change.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Colleague.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colleague. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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