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also confrères
as in colleagues
a fellow worker
many of the judge's confreres on the Fifth Circuit bench don't feel as she does on the issue
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Recent Examples of confreres
The elegant bones of this iconic property—once the martini-marinated playground of Sinatra and his Rat Pack confreres—remain unmistakably intact.
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David Weiss, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
David Weiss, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confreres
colleagues
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Jourdan’s colleagues tracked down and reconstructed the exact make and model of radio used by Earhart and the Itasca vessel, which was waiting for the pilot off the shores of Howland Island.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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In a letter to Variety staff, Sobrino-Stearns expressed gratitude to her colleagues past and present.—
William Earl,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Confreres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confreres. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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