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as in classmates
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as in schoolfellows
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But neither Scharf nor any of his classmates had ever been exposed to this scenario—because Amherst, like most liberal-arts colleges, has no graduate students.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026 -
The student government at a Catholic school in Queens, New York denied their classmates the opportunity to start a Turning Point USA chapter on campus last November.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Penix said teammates have kept in touch with him since the injury and surgery.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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But lead plaintiff Madison Fisk and her fellow former teammates—represented by lawyers Arthur Bryant, Lori Bullock, Gayle Blatt and Jenna Rangel—pushed for financial compensation as well, arguing they were collectively denied years of athletic financial aid given to their male counterparts.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Some colleagues left their jobs, but others navigated the situation and rose into more powerful positions.—
Chris Lipp,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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South Florida viewers and TV colleagues were mourning this week after learning that a familiar weather personality had died in a plane crash.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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Brian Kohberger, who pleaded guilty in July to the gruesome stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, faced a conflict of interest issue with his own attorney during the course of his case.—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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When navigation is intentional, students earn credits faster, miss fewer days, and experience less emotional exhaustion.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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But this need not be a limitation for undergraduates.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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Yale will offer free tuition to undergraduates from families making less than $200,000.—
Jordan Erb,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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Kaylee Goncalves also felt as though she was being watched and stalked in the weeks before she was murdered alongside two of her roommates and one roommate's boyfriend.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Young readers who can’t get enough historical fiction will want to check out this new adventure from beloved children’s novelist Avi.—
Caroline Carlson,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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In an email to Semafor, New York Post Media Group Editor-in-Chief Keith Poole argued that Newsom simply isn’t used to receiving the kind of scrutiny that the Post brings to the targets of its coverage, and said that many California readers were already cheering on the paper’s journalists.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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The next frontier of work is here, where AI agents are the new coworkers and algorithms operate as office assistants.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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The darkly comic horror-thriller stars McAdams and Dylan O’Brien as coworkers stranded on a desert island, and sports a glowing 93 percent critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Schoolmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmates. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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