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Recent Examples of schoolmate
Reflecting on the value of community in womanhood, Paltrow also gave a shout-out to a celebrity schoolmate.
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Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Despite his upbringing in progressive Berkeley, California, his schoolmates taunted him, particularly after 9/11.
—Deborah Wilker, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
Whereas the play only obliquely references the character’s successful new novel, this version presents Eileen’s manuscript — co-written with her mousy lover Thea (Imogen Potts), a former schoolmate of Hedda’s — as a revelatory treatise on the future of human sexuality.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
Their son Marcus befriends a schoolmate, Quinn Rivers, who happens to be the daughter of the fire-and-brimstone leader of the religious group.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
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Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Despite his upbringing in progressive Berkeley, California, his schoolmates taunted him, particularly after 9/11.
—Deborah Wilker, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
Whereas the play only obliquely references the character’s successful new novel, this version presents Eileen’s manuscript — co-written with her mousy lover Thea (Imogen Potts), a former schoolmate of Hedda’s — as a revelatory treatise on the future of human sexuality.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
Their son Marcus befriends a schoolmate, Quinn Rivers, who happens to be the daughter of the fire-and-brimstone leader of the religious group.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmate
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Marcus Phillips spearheads a spot-on quintet of classmates, each bursting with self-conscious awkwardness and a desire to be seen and understood.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
25 Feb. 2026
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His absence will likely require a heavier load on classmate Jayden Ross, who has been identified as a go-to wing defender off the bench.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
25 Feb. 2026
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Richard faced off against former Gators teammate and other half of the starting backcourt for the 2025 NCAA champions in Walter Clayton Jr.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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For the first time since the end of Ryder Ryan’s senior year at North Mecklenburg High School in Huntersville, North Carolina, Ryder and his younger brother, River, are teammates again.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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As a young schoolboy, Davidson was often cruelly stigmatized because no one had bothered to diagnose his disorder.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2026
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Shaheed Aitzaz Hassan Bangash, a fifteen-year-old Pakistani schoolboy, stopped a suicide bomber from entering his school, where the bomber would have killed two thousand students.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Earlier that same month, the former Playboy playmate tried out a splash of color, adding pink streaks to her platinum hair.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 2026
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Heathcliff drives a wedge between the two girls, with Cathy infatuated with her new playmate.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2026
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The al-Roj camp also houses Shamima Begum, the London schoolgirl who ran away at the age of 15 to join ISIS in 2015 and was subsequently stripped of her British citizenship.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026
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An only child of negligent parents, Mihich identified with the Roald Dahl character Matilda, a precocious schoolgirl who learns to fend for herself against sometimes cruel adults.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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The woman then went into her apartment and called police from her roommate’s phone.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Lucy, the only Black female graduate student in her department at MIT, has uncharacteristically accepted an invitation to join her roommate on the cruise during the height of recruitment season.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma said in a statement that 11 people, including a schoolchild, died at the scene, although that was according to preliminary information.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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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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But her college housemate and kayak support paddler, Sarah Enix, said the swim odyssey — with Breed intending to be in the water each day for five hours and 10 to 12 miles — is being planned meticulously.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Kohberger in July pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder in connection with the grisly killings of 21-year-old Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, their housemate Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, also 20.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Schoolmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmate. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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