coworkers

variants or co-workers
plural of coworker

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Recent Examples of coworkers The Los Angeles Police Department officer accused of illegally recording his coworkers allegedly saying sexist, homophobic and racist remarks. Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 McManus’ coworkers spent those days helping students enroll in classes, pick up their schedules, attend backpack giveaways and get free haircuts before the school year begins. Leslie Griffy, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026 Bianchi began working as a security guard at a Fred Meyer shopping center, and one of his coworkers was Karen Mandic, a Western Washington University student. Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026 McFadden was taken aback by the message and showed her coworkers. Daniella Segura, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026 Argenis Torres Rosales was visiting the Wilson Creek reservation area in the national forest — about 90 minutes north of Charlotte — with his coworkers on Sunday, July 26, according to his aunt, Wuendy Rosales, of Hickory. Diamy Wang, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2026 Several of my OutKick coworkers have even documented a few of these cases. Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 State lawyers and their coworkers spent 154,000 hours on the cases during the first nine months of 2025 alone, according to previous Bee reporting. Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Research by the Washington University found that coworkers sharing personal information built stronger bonds and were more willing to respond to work needs, even when viewpoints differed. Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coworkers
colleagues
Noun
  • In interviews, colleagues and friends have painted the portrait of Galliano before his downfall as a brilliant designer as well as an incorrigible drunk who trashed hotel rooms.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • To that end, Gabler and her colleagues wanted to know more about the composition of the slime of a particular kind of terrestrial species that's native to central Europe, called Cepaea nemoralis, or the brown-lipped snail.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026

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