colleagues

noun

plural of colleague
as in peers
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 colleagues Hashesh and her colleagues detailed their findings in a study published today in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026 This story is based on dozens of interviews with Jean, her friends and colleagues, law enforcement officials, psychologists, academics and experts in the field of romance scams, as well as a review of more than 10,000 messages. — Juliet Linderman, Fortune, 16 July 2026 Bonté said her colleagues working along the Haitian-Dominican border see those needs on a daily basis. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026 The doctors pay tribute to their Palestinian colleagues, who work marathon shifts, often while grieving personal losses. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 16 July 2026 The circuit made by Coles and colleagues didn’t actually run on ambient noise, which was too low-level to affect the dynamics. — Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026 By a narrow margin, Williams’ colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee in June also penciled in one quarter-percentage-point increase by the end of the year. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 15 July 2026 Giuffra and her colleagues found genetic traces of plasmodium, the parasitic protozoa responsible for malaria, in samples of bone material from Francesco’s ribs. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 An outpouring of tributes Naturally, there was a generous outpouring of tributes from industry colleagues. — ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colleagues
  1. peers
  2. associates
  3. partners
  4. coworkers
  5. buddies
Noun
  • Like at peers Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, a massive beat in equities trading drove the quarter's outsized results.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • Consultants found the county was spending less on public education than its peers.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
Definition of peers
Noun
  • Her guilty plea will bring the total to six Milwaukee-area prenatal care coordination company owners and associates who have been convicted of felonies in recent months.
    — Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 8 July 2026
  • Unlike adding a few associates, however, meaningful AI transformation often requires significant upfront investment before any return is realized.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of associates
Noun
  • Nvidia's current-generation Rubin systems are in full production and begin shipping this fall to eight cloud partners, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • Muon and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection are both FireSat partners.
    — Eric Niiler, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of partners
Noun
  • For Isnada Unalus, a Haitian immigrant who has lived in Bridgeport for the past decade and works in healthcare, the possible loss of TPS represents fear for friends and coworkers who have spent years building lives in Connecticut.
    — Reginald David, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
  • One of my coworkers swears by it for fitness classes and easy outfits.
    — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
Definition of coworkers
Noun
  • Juan Correa traveled from Bucaramanga, Colombia, with his buddies Nick Arrieta, Alejandro Garcia and Santiago Rivera, arriving in KC on Thursday.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • Gaze at a passing cloud, curl up under a shady tree with a good book, or take a stroll and chat with your best buddies to savor the season.
    — Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Parents, 2 July 2026
Definition of buddies

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