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
Reese is tied for sixth in the league in steals (1.8) with teammate Ariel Atkins and ranks second behind the Liberty’s Jonquel Jones in defensive rebound percentage (41.6%).
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
The couple welcomed 115 guests — including many of Laine's current and former hockey teammates — for the nuptials, held at the historic Breakers resort.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 30 June 2025
The team was leapfrogged by Ferrari, who had Lewis Hamilton finish in fourth, one place behind his teammate Leclerc.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
Just behind them, Norris' McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri will share the second row with Leclerc's fellow Ferrari driver, Lewis Hamilton.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
The couple welcomed 115 guests — including many of Laine's current and former hockey teammates — for the nuptials, held at the historic Breakers resort.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 30 June 2025
The team was leapfrogged by Ferrari, who had Lewis Hamilton finish in fourth, one place behind his teammate Leclerc.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
Just behind them, Norris' McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri will share the second row with Leclerc's fellow Ferrari driver, Lewis Hamilton.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teammate
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Stay in touch with your high school or college classmates, colleagues, and former bosses.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Levi’s law school classmate saw the post, thought the symptoms sounded familiar and told her friend, Sam’s mom, Susannah Rosenblatt, who contacted Berger.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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Together with his colleague Richard Wetherald at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in Princeton, N.J., Manabe used a simple climate model to show that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 would lead to more efficient trapping of heat in the troposphere.—
Ben Santer,
Scientific American,
4 July 2025
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In the days since the concert, a number of friends, family, and colleagues have asked me about it—mostly inquiring about the set list and the car prop malfunction.—
Leah Faye Cooper,
Vogue,
4 July 2025
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The friend sent money to Kouri Richins as down payments on a mortgage, but Kouri Richins used the money to pay other debts.—
July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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Her father’s friend took Wenyu on trips into the city to eat samples from the Ghirardelli store, to walk the Golden Gate Bridge.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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While their peers compete for minimum-wage summer jobs, savvy young entrepreneurs are utilizing specific ChatGPT prompts to create scalable income streams that can generate $100 or more per day.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Nearly four decades later, this fact leaves some commercial fishermen bitter: For most of the 1980s, Gulf anglers took in far more redfish than their commercial peers.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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“Teammate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teammate. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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