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or co-workers
as in colleagues
a fellow worker
my coworkers and I often send facetious e-mails to one another
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Recent Examples of coworkers
Posting about your debt online, sending postcards that reveal the debt or discussing it with family members or coworkers could violate federal law.
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Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
However, the former coworkers don't have a relationship anymore.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Workers lined the streets surrounding the JBS plant, holding signs and chatting with their coworkers in dozens of different languages.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
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.
—Rin Velasco, The Patriot Ledger, 13 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
That’s something Willard’s coworkers learned early in Boston.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
The 53-year-old worked as a bar manager at Great Wolf Lodge and spent years in restaurant management, building close relationships with coworkers and mentoring people around her.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
However, the former coworkers don't have a relationship anymore.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Workers lined the streets surrounding the JBS plant, holding signs and chatting with their coworkers in dozens of different languages.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
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.
—Rin Velasco, The Patriot Ledger, 13 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
That’s something Willard’s coworkers learned early in Boston.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
The 53-year-old worked as a bar manager at Great Wolf Lodge and spent years in restaurant management, building close relationships with coworkers and mentoring people around her.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coworkers
colleagues
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Liberal Democrat lawmaker Liam McArthur, who drew up the Scottish bill, had urged colleagues to back it.—
JILL LAWLESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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Talarico has criticized his Republican colleagues in the Texas state legislature for allegedly being in the pockets of the petroleum industry.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Coworkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coworkers. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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