schoolmates

Definition of schoolmatesnext
plural of schoolmate
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Noun
  • Friends and classmates, meanwhile, were being disappeared.
    Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Shortly after midnight on May 25, prosecutors said the same group of teens were driving around San Mateo pulling pranks on classmates from Hillsdale High School.
    Tim Fang, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • And his manager and teammates are already talking about it.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Both forwards scored Wednesday, and both enhanced the opportunities of several teammates.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • People showed up the following morning for their sessions, but he and his colleagues were forced to turn them away.
    Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Guests rub shoulders with neighborhood executives looking for an express lunch with colleagues at Il Cittadino.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Still, much of the public conversations around education centers on test scores and older students, leaving early childhood largely out of the discussion.
    Tina Dello Russo, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
  • Through their discussions, and the essays and stories that they were assigned to write each week, Heidi came to know her students’ pain.
    Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • The Seattle campus of the University of Washington has about 36,000 undergraduates, who study under a quarter system that wraps up its spring classes relatively late in the academic year.
    Erick Mendoza, NBC news, 14 May 2026
  • More than 52,000 students, including over 36,000 undergraduates, were enrolled at the university's Seattle campus for the 2025 to 2026 school year, according to the school's website.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Ballroom funding, affordable housing and Bobby Pulido, in readers’ eyes.
    Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 10 May 2026
  • Vote below, and check back on Friday to see who Vogue readers crowned best dressed.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • Handwritten well-wishes and group photos from coworkers, friends, and family decorate the walls of Danh's hospital room.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • They are joined by love interests Margaret, another bird, and human girl Eileen, coworkers Skips, Muscle Man and Hi-Five, boss Benson and park owner Pops.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 May 2026
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“Schoolmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmates. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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