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
Reinhart plays Apple, a retail worker who secretly leads a cult with coworkers Cherry and Fig.
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Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Near a lookout offering sweeping views, Gerhardt Konig, 47 — upset about his wife's relationship with a coworker — tried to push her off the steep trail, bashed her head with a rock and attempted to stab her with a syringe, prosecutors said.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
For instance, later in the film, the editing team had stood up both the scene of the couple confronting their DJ (Sydney Lemmon) about potential drug use and the scene of Charlie giving his coworker, Misha (Hailey Benton Gates), Emma’s story as a hypothetical.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 6 Apr. 2026
The person who is the daughter’s supervisor is probably worried about offending the parent who also is her coworker.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Near a lookout offering sweeping views, Gerhardt Konig, 47 — upset about his wife's relationship with a coworker — tried to push her off the steep trail, bashed her head with a rock and attempted to stab her with a syringe, prosecutors said.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
For instance, later in the film, the editing team had stood up both the scene of the couple confronting their DJ (Sydney Lemmon) about potential drug use and the scene of Charlie giving his coworker, Misha (Hailey Benton Gates), Emma’s story as a hypothetical.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 6 Apr. 2026
The person who is the daughter’s supervisor is probably worried about offending the parent who also is her coworker.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coworker
colleague
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Past employees have said that working under Levin is nightmarish; one former colleague of Levin’s filed a gender discrimination complaint against the organization in 2020.—
Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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Their decisions came the day before the House returned to Washington and as both faced the prospect of being expelled from the chamber by their colleagues.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Coworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coworker. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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