workmates

noun

plural of workmate
as in colleagues

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  1. colleagues
  2. coworkers
  3. peers
  4. friends
  5. associates
  6. partners
Noun
  • Hashesh and her colleagues detailed their findings in a study published today in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026
  • This story is based on dozens of interviews with Jean, her friends and colleagues, law enforcement officials, psychologists, academics and experts in the field of romance scams, as well as a review of more than 10,000 messages.
    — Juliet Linderman, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • An inside man—a warehouse security guard—would drug the tea (or coffee) of his coworkers to knock them out.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
  • Even coworkers who rarely spoke suddenly had opinions about formations and red card decisions.
    — Maria Santana, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Definition of coworkers
Noun
  • Like at peers Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, a massive beat in equities trading drove the quarter's outsized results.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • Consultants found the county was spending less on public education than its peers.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
Definition of peers
Noun
  • The three friends who traveled with Wells on the boat to Horn Island have been interviewed in depth, the sheriff told the Sun Herald.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Sharing the clean-air tips in this article may be helpful to day care providers or friends and relatives your child visits often.
    — Dr. Lauren Zajac, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026
Definition of friends
Noun
  • The health of Welsh has much to do with the fact that it is being transmitted, particularly in north Wales, by parents to children in the ordinary, unself-conscious way one associates with any living vernacular.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • In December 2024, a Bucharest court ruled that the first case against the Tates and their two female associates couldn't proceed to trial because of multiple legal and procedural irregularities and sent it back to prosecutors.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Definition of associates
Noun
  • Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies, alongside international law enforcement partners and host nation authorities, are all contributing to the security architecture for this tournament.
    — Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Those companies, known as delivery service partners, are responsible for paying the infraction.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of partners
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