as in colleague
a fellow worker
my coworkers and I often send facetious e-mails to one another
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Recent Examples of coworker
The late physicist Larry Shaw started celebrating Pi Day to bring his coworkers together and have fun in 1988 while working at the San Francisco science museum, the Exploratorium, according to the museum's website.
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Rin Velasco, The Patriot Ledger, 13 Mar. 2026
That’s something Willard’s coworkers learned early in Boston.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Shalash plunged twice, once with one of her special education students and another time with her coworkers.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Coming out, Kobabe shows, is not a single event, but a looping process that is repeated with friends, family, coworkers, students, and even oneself.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
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Rin Velasco, The Patriot Ledger, 13 Mar. 2026
That’s something Willard’s coworkers learned early in Boston.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Shalash plunged twice, once with one of her special education students and another time with her coworkers.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Coming out, Kobabe shows, is not a single event, but a looping process that is repeated with friends, family, coworkers, students, and even oneself.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coworker
colleague
Noun
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Our hearts are with his family, former players, colleagues, and all who had the privilege of knowing him.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Cheng-Hsiu Tsai of National Taiwan University and colleagues analyzed the bone and identified it as belonging to a python based on its structural features.—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Coworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coworker. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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