schoolmates

plural of schoolmate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmates
Noun
  • A student who authorities say opened fire at his Colorado high school, wounding two classmates and then turning the gun on himself, has died, according to the local sheriff's office.
    Alex Stone, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Sitting outside the stadium, eating lunch with her classmates, J’Averi Yates, a student at Hogan Prep Elementary, had her teeth cleaned and said the best part was getting to see the football stadium.
    Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Harrell’s teammates compared his first touchdown run, which bounced off a cast of Hawks, pushing the pile to the end zone for the score, to that of Carolina Panthers’ great Cam Newton.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Miami’s cartophile Argentine defender Tomas Aviles saw his second yellow of the night after pulling back Toklomati and was dismissed in the 79th minute, leaving Messi and his teammates down a man for the final stages.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Explore Internal Opportunities Before looking externally, investigate what colleagues in other departments or roles are doing that sparks your interest.
    Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Below, his colleagues offer first-person testimonials of that experience.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jacki Kelley, spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, said the suspect was one of three students hospitalized with gunshot wounds after the shooting at Evergreen High School, located about 30 miles southwest of Denver.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Kirk was shot and killed by a gunman at a Utah university while speaking to students.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The cost of college, meanwhile, has tripled over the last 30 years, with CollegeBoard data showing that tuition and fees costs $11,610 per year on average at public, in-state schools, and $30,780 for undergraduates from out of state.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • This is a sobering back-to-school fact for college undergraduates.
    Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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
  • Her kindness extended to her coworkers at Walmart.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • What’s emerging is an era where human recruiters and digital coworkers operate side by side.
    John Winsor, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Most people can read 200–400 words per minute; speed readers claim to manage roughly four times that amount.
    Big Think, Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.
    Time, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
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