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
Citing anonymous sources, The New York Times also reported that some of Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs teammates have booked hotel rooms for dates around July 3 at the Marriott Marquis, about 12 blocks from the arena in Times Square.
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
He was seen enjoying a night out in West Hollywood alongside his older brother, Jason Kelce, 38, former Kansas City Chiefs teammate Ross Travis, 33, and comedian Druski, 31.
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Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
The incident comes after Cunningham's teammate, WNBA star Caitlin Clark, was the victim of stalking and harassing by a different man from Texas who was sentenced last year to 2 1/2 years in prison.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
Former University of Miami football player Rashaun Jones, who is currently in custody awaiting trial for the murder of his former teammate Bryan Pata, is now facing a new charge.
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Nikiya Carrero,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
He was seen enjoying a night out in West Hollywood alongside his older brother, Jason Kelce, 38, former Kansas City Chiefs teammate Ross Travis, 33, and comedian Druski, 31.
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Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
The incident comes after Cunningham's teammate, WNBA star Caitlin Clark, was the victim of stalking and harassing by a different man from Texas who was sentenced last year to 2 1/2 years in prison.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
Former University of Miami football player Rashaun Jones, who is currently in custody awaiting trial for the murder of his former teammate Bryan Pata, is now facing a new charge.
—
Nikiya Carrero,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teammate
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Her family proudly captured the moment at graduation the next week, as her classmates laughed and cheered along, based on footage shared with the AJC.
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Still, just three semesters into college, Freese briefly dropped out after signing with the Philadelphia Union, turning professional while many of his classmates were still settling into college life.
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In fact, many of us often end up buying things that our colleagues found during their search.
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The 36-year-old, now a father himself, said he was reintroduced to the game by a younger colleague earlier this year and fell in love with it again.
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Some travel from other parts of Minnesota after hearing about the fundraiser through friends or social media.
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The journey in seeing a friend’s city anew becomes another way of seeing home.
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Emma Tufuga, a criminologist from Curtin University in Perth, who hails from Samoa, said young people are being recruited through peer networks and social media with the promise of money, or even just a sense of belonging.
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When the researchers reran the bachelor's analysis using the kind of comparison most other studies rely on—measuring college-goers against a vague pool of non-college peers similar only in age—the apparent payoff jumped by about $27,000.
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“Teammate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teammate. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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