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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 teammates
Morin hadn’t scored any goals in the regular season, but already has two in the playoffs, which has been a massive help for her and her teammates.
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Theodore Tollefson, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
That’s a rarity for Edwards, who has become the voice of the Mighty Macs, consistently leading the team and pushing her teammates to keep getting better.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026
Anunoby’s teammates were in no rush to speculate on his status after Wednesday’s win.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 7 May 2026
Instead of billet housing, Castaneda and his teammates bounced around from one Airbnb to the next, sleeping on couches, pull-out mattresses or the kitchen floor.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Now that Atlanta has signed Avieon, the Terrell brothers are teammates for the first time.
—Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
With each passing day, Lynch learns from his veteran teammates — such as fellow lefty Matt Strahm.
—Jaylon Thompson
may 7, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
The hope is Snelling can ease into the big leagues like his fellow teammates coming in from Jacksonville did.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
But not too many of his teammates have that benefit, and up until Wednesday, Gallagher was not playing.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Theodore Tollefson, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
That’s a rarity for Edwards, who has become the voice of the Mighty Macs, consistently leading the team and pushing her teammates to keep getting better.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026
Anunoby’s teammates were in no rush to speculate on his status after Wednesday’s win.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 7 May 2026
Instead of billet housing, Castaneda and his teammates bounced around from one Airbnb to the next, sleeping on couches, pull-out mattresses or the kitchen floor.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Now that Atlanta has signed Avieon, the Terrell brothers are teammates for the first time.
—Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
With each passing day, Lynch learns from his veteran teammates — such as fellow lefty Matt Strahm.
—Jaylon Thompson
may 7, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
The hope is Snelling can ease into the big leagues like his fellow teammates coming in from Jacksonville did.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
But not too many of his teammates have that benefit, and up until Wednesday, Gallagher was not playing.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teammates
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As a graduate student at Harvard Business School in 1992, his classmates caught him tampering with votes to help elect himself president of a prestigious student organization, the Finance Club.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Former classmates from Brooklyn’s Erasmus High, Diamond and Barbra Streisand joined forces for this chart-topping duet after each had already recorded the tune on their own.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The combination of the shutdown, colleagues’ retirements, and policy changes had left her depleted and often physically sick.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Europe’s jet fuel supplies are even lower, according to analyst Yulia Zhestkova Grigsby and her colleagues.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Unlike many of her peers, Pau decided to maintain a professional day job while pursuing her artistic practice.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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According to the report, around 40 percent of Black adults are getting fewer than seven hours of sleep per night on average and are less likely to wake up feeling well-rested than their Asian, white and Hispanic peers.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Mira’s first middle-school dance was coming up, and there was discussion among her friends about dresses and hair styles.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Other changes would require private guardians to attest to the court that their efforts to locate family or friends were exhausted prior to appointment.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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“Teammates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teammates. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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