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Recent Examples of schoolmate
Their son Marcus befriends a schoolmate, Quinn Rivers, who happens to be the daughter of the fire-and-brimstone leader of the religious group.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Connect with family, friends, schoolmates, mutual contacts, former professors, mentors, and colleagues.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
However, the film shows the toll of laws changing, medical care refused, bills piling up, threats from neighbors, abusive phone calls and hateful treatment from schoolmates.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 23 June 2025
Carla Worden via IMDb; Murray Close—Getty Images British child actor Lox Pratt, who is also set to star in the BBC’s upcoming Lord of the Flies series adapted from William Golding’s famous novel, will portray Harry’s schoolmate and nemesis, Draco Malfoy.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 10 June 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Connect with family, friends, schoolmates, mutual contacts, former professors, mentors, and colleagues.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
However, the film shows the toll of laws changing, medical care refused, bills piling up, threats from neighbors, abusive phone calls and hateful treatment from schoolmates.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 23 June 2025
Carla Worden via IMDb; Murray Close—Getty Images British child actor Lox Pratt, who is also set to star in the BBC’s upcoming Lord of the Flies series adapted from William Golding’s famous novel, will portray Harry’s schoolmate and nemesis, Draco Malfoy.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmate
Noun
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On the date of the incident, Dylan and her classmates were on a training platform about 16 feet below the surface.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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My kindergarten classmates tended to gravitate towards calligraphy, swimming, ballet and English conversation classes, but I would rather be caught dead than do anything that involved ‘learning together’.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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The team posted a photo of the two of them on X alongside another photo of Ohtani's teammate Mookie Betts and his wife, Brianna Hammonds.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Reed stared down Detroit’s bench as his teammates met him with enthusiasm while Cunningham went the other way in transition.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Likewise, schoolboy Martin Johnson.—
Peter Carline,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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As an Oviedo resident and schoolboy, joining Gijón’s academy certainly brought scrutiny from schoolmates.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
24 Sep. 2025
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Taking matters into her own ghostly hands, Ana ventures outside to find the perfect playmate for her sister.—
Caroline Carlson
October 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Oct. 2025
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What’s hinted at is remembering and longing for the past and waking up to your own inner-playmate, no matter your age.—
Katie Grant,
Parents,
24 Sep. 2025
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This season, fluorescent pink, blue and white formed a rational yet romantic palette — a vision of a young schoolgirl poised to step into the real world.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Since then, there’s been little doubt about who police believe is responsible for the 12-year-old schoolgirl’s gruesome death.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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The millennial co-founded Facebook with his Harvard roommate, Mark Zuckerberg, and went on to become the company’s first CTO before leaving to found Asana, a project management platform, in 2008.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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Later, Mignini served as the prosecutor in the Amanda Knox case, in which Knox was accused of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in 2007, and later acquitted.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Sep. 2024
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Louisiana just enthusiastically passed a law designed to convert every schoolchild in the state to Christianity.—
Letters To The Editor,
The Mercury News,
24 June 2024
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On Tuesday’s episode, housemate Jenny Baird asked Glasson whether having kids was part of his life plan.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
15 Oct. 2025
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Rocha also did not take the stand, with the defense using the lead investigator on the case, Kansas City police detective Jeremy Wells, and Rocha’s housemate, Emily Ridout, as their only two witnesses.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Schoolmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmate. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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