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
Webster and his colleagues have found that a similar program in Baltimore, called Safe Streets, led to a 32% reduction in homicides and a 23% reduction in non-fatal shootings.
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NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Like several of her colleagues, Strickland submitted anonymous complaints to the Department of Agriculture, which regulates facilities and labs under the Animal Welfare Act.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Take the legendary hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, who told my colleague Diane Brady onstage that America is developing a dependency on a tiny cohort of high-level workers, specifically those in tech.
—Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
Wolfson’s colleagues Jim Nantz and Tony Romo will be in the broadcast booth at Highmark Stadium.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2025
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NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Like several of her colleagues, Strickland submitted anonymous complaints to the Department of Agriculture, which regulates facilities and labs under the Animal Welfare Act.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Take the legendary hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, who told my colleague Diane Brady onstage that America is developing a dependency on a tiny cohort of high-level workers, specifically those in tech.
—Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
Wolfson’s colleagues Jim Nantz and Tony Romo will be in the broadcast booth at Highmark Stadium.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colleague
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Starbucks is the latest foreign retail business to enlist a local partner to turn around their ailing fortunes in China as a persistent property slump sours consumer appetite for everything from premium luxury goods to ice creams.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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According to Kate Jenkins, a spokesperson for the Arkansas Foodbank, its partner food pantries across the state saw increases of 10% to 20% in the number of people needing food.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
4 Nov. 2025
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Van Thof has told Tripp’s story to her neighbors, coworkers and to her ride share drivers.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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One former coworker alleged that Drew had offered him $25,000 to find someone to kill Savio, per Fox News.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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The mayor is immediately arrested, along with his billionaire buddies.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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Lena Waithe is channeling her complicated history with Issa Rae into a buddy comedy for the two of them to star.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
25 Oct. 2025
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But last week, the company was declared a transnational criminal organization by United States authorities, and Chen was charged in absentia in New York with money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy, along with several associates.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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But the diver’s eye view was even more dramatic, said one of the surveyor divers and co-authors, Richard Karp, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Miami’s Cooperative Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences with NOAA’s coral program.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Franzén believes, as do some of his peers, that EQT’s industry is about to go through a wave of consolidation.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Steven Spielberg provides forthright commentary, as do Brian De Palma, Spike Lee, Ari Aster, and a host of other Hollywood peers.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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Byman co-authored the study with Riley McCabe, an associate fellow in the same program.—
NPR,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, the mistrust of immigration enforcement can be dangerous for both suspects and officers, said Johnson, the senior fellow at the Council on Criminal Justice.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Colleague.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colleague. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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