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
As ever, my coworkers came prepared, toting their dishes on various subways to the World Trade Center.
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Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Maybe close the tab before your coworker walks by.
—Ryan Brennan
march 20, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
No such luck, and the titular finger is severed from his hand, resulting in blood spewing everywhere as his coworkers desperately try to pull him free.
—Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
However, the former coworkers don't have a relationship anymore.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
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Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Maybe close the tab before your coworker walks by.
—Ryan Brennan
march 20, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
No such luck, and the titular finger is severed from his hand, resulting in blood spewing everywhere as his coworkers desperately try to pull him free.
—Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
However, the former coworkers don't have a relationship anymore.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for coworker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coworker
colleague
Noun
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Apple’s Weather, by contrast, seems designed to telegraph an aggressive certainty, which can contribute to incidents like my colleague’s shoe mishap.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Like many of his current colleagues, the Ohio Republican and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is a longtime critic of warrantless surveillance under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Coworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coworker. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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