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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
He was helped off the ice by teammates and did not return.
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CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Amazing, amazing teammates and coaches at OBU.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Jan. 2026
Kittle's teammates also offered kind words after their victory against the Eagles.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Still, Celebrini puts McDavid and MacKinnon, his future Canadian Olympic teammates, in a class by themselves.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
Kittle was trying to encourage his teammates as he was being carted off, clapping in their direction.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Center Garrett Bradbury stood on the Patriots’ sideline and told his rookie teammates to soak it all in.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Kaden and Keira, though, seldom were teammates.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Doncic led all scorers with 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting, but his teammates combined to go 11 of 32 from the field.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Jan. 2026
CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Amazing, amazing teammates and coaches at OBU.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Jan. 2026
Kittle's teammates also offered kind words after their victory against the Eagles.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Still, Celebrini puts McDavid and MacKinnon, his future Canadian Olympic teammates, in a class by themselves.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
Kittle was trying to encourage his teammates as he was being carted off, clapping in their direction.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Center Garrett Bradbury stood on the Patriots’ sideline and told his rookie teammates to soak it all in.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Kaden and Keira, though, seldom were teammates.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Doncic led all scorers with 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting, but his teammates combined to go 11 of 32 from the field.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teammates
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The outlet reported that a funeral service for the four family members took place Tuesday night, where Jeremiah met with family and friends, including his son’s friends and classmates.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Florida Department of Education estimates that 75% of children who enter kindergarten behind will never catch up to their classmates.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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Cruz also pressed his Democratic colleagues to join a bipartisan request for the DOJ to turn over the evidentiary basis for the subpoenas, arguing transparency was necessary to assess whether the secrecy orders were justified.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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Last year, following Hoda Kotb's January 2025 departure, the fourth hour of the morning show was retitled Today With Jenna & Friends, and saw Hager joined by a rotating cast of A-listers and colleagues to help her anchor the program.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Jan. 2026
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Those results compounded already existing research that showed LGBTQ young people were at least four times as likely to attempt suicide compared with their peers outside of the LGBTQ community.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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JPMorgan helps kickstart earnings season tomorrow, followed by peers including Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs later in the week.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
12 Jan. 2026
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Earlier on in the season, Charles celebrated his 65th birthday, and some of his friends even bought him a set of golf clubs in hopes of encouraging him to retire.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Even my friends who are avid runners and competitive athletes—all of whom tend to splurge on the best sneakers—were converted to the AllSwifit Active5K Sneakers.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Teammates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teammates. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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