as in classmate
a person who is on the same team as someone else
They have been teammates for several years. She's very popular among her teammates.
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Recent Examples of teammate
As the social media clips have begun to compile, Twins teammates can’t help but notice Lewis’ success.
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Dan Hayes, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Hertl's former San Jose Sharks teammate, Joe Pavelski, was shocked to hear that stat during Game 3 of the Golden Knights' series against the Anaheim Ducks.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Hertl and Pavelski were teammates with the Sharks from 2013 to 2019, when Pavelski left San Jose and signed as a free agent with the Dallas Stars.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Vaughn Ridley / Getty Images Pierre's teammates arrived in Florida last week to start preparing for the World Cup.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 3 June 2026
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Dan Hayes, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Hertl's former San Jose Sharks teammate, Joe Pavelski, was shocked to hear that stat during Game 3 of the Golden Knights' series against the Anaheim Ducks.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Hertl and Pavelski were teammates with the Sharks from 2013 to 2019, when Pavelski left San Jose and signed as a free agent with the Dallas Stars.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Vaughn Ridley / Getty Images Pierre's teammates arrived in Florida last week to start preparing for the World Cup.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teammate
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Thomas recalled growing up in Los Gatos and having friends and classmates who didn’t necessarily feel like their community was supportive of them.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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Conrad, Cavallari and their fellow alumni starred earlier this year with their Laguna Beach High School cast and classmates in a buzzy 20-year reunion special set in the seaside Orange County enclave.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Nguyen addressed her colleagues’ concerns directly on Tuesday.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Last week, Lang and her colleagues rallied outside the NLAB offices to voice their opposition to the return-to-office mandate in light of the information that the state does not have sufficient space to accommodate all returning employees.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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Aiyuk has posted pictures of himself wearing a hat of the Washington Commanders, whose quarterback, Jayden Daniels, is one of Aiyuk’s closest friends and former Arizona State teammates.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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That year, even major characters and first-person narrators wound up dead, killed by strangers or friends or family members, often by parents, or serial murderers, or in accidents, usually right at the end at the story, no warning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images European stocks followed global peers lower on Friday as investors monitor a global sell-off in chipmaking tech names.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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Intimate partner violence by the numbers A 2024 study in The Lancet tracking homicide deaths from 1999 to 2020 found that Black women ages 25 to 44 are killed at nearly four times the rate of their white peers.—
Sativa Banks,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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“Teammate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teammate. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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