as in colleague
a fellow worker
my coworkers and I often send facetious e-mails to one another
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Power noted that retention and employees' survey responses of connectedness to their coworkers and company, along with qualitative feedback from managers and executives, can help make the case for developing empathy and other human skills across leadership.
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Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Will coworkers make uncomfortable or disrespectful comments?
—Martine Thompson, Essence, 21 May 2025
Garages, lousy bars, the corners of parking lots where allied coworkers chain smoke—DeYoung is arguing, again and again, that these totally unremarkable scraps of communion are the antidote to the latent evil that comes with isolation.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 22 May 2025
That involves Supergirl alum and Mortal Kombat II star Mehcad Brooks, who arrives on the scene as a new coworker as LTW continues work on her docuseries.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 May 2025
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Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Will coworkers make uncomfortable or disrespectful comments?
—Martine Thompson, Essence, 21 May 2025
Garages, lousy bars, the corners of parking lots where allied coworkers chain smoke—DeYoung is arguing, again and again, that these totally unremarkable scraps of communion are the antidote to the latent evil that comes with isolation.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 22 May 2025
That involves Supergirl alum and Mortal Kombat II star Mehcad Brooks, who arrives on the scene as a new coworker as LTW continues work on her docuseries.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coworker
colleague
Noun
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Those discussions were illuminating, and Microsoft’s recent Work Trend Index (also covered by my colleague Melody Brue) suggests a desire to figure this out.—
Jason Andersen,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Memoir Nation: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is an extension of the Memoir Nation community hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner, two friends and colleagues who bring a community-minded sensibility to the writing journey.—
Memoir Nation
June 9,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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“Coworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coworker. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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