How to Use colleague in a Sentence
colleague
noun- A colleague of mine will be speaking at the conference.
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How about the colleague who sits next to you at the office?
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
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Here are more tips on how to be a good friend or colleague.
—Vanessa Fuhrmans, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
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Then, just a month and a half after the launch, Kane and three of her colleagues were fired.
—Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2025
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Have the whole crew sign this oversized card that will help wish your colleague all the best.
—Michelle Manetti, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2022
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Meanwhile, Khan and his colleagues did not have much to do.
—Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
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Green and colleague Mary Byrne wanted to make sure those deaths weren't buried.
—The Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2022
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And based on the stories that have emerged from friends and colleagues, that seems to have been true of Perry himself.
—Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
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Dad worked long hours and sometimes brought home colleagues.
—Hazlitt, 7 June 2023
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Recently, one of my colleagues sent me an email with a Fab or Flub idea.
—Courtney Ortega, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
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One of them went so far as to disparage a white colleague’s young Black son.
—Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Oct. 2022
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Joel, who at this point is merely a colleague, follows Sam and checks in on her.
—André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2022
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Conyers saw something and called out for one of his colleagues.
—WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
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More advice on spam texts from my colleague Nicole Nguyen here.
—Joanna Stern, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
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In the meantime, Jasso and her colleagues doled out hot instant soup, fresh fruit and backpacks through the slots in the fence.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
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This is where the big research gaps are, according to O’Connor and his colleagues.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 9 Feb. 2025
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That someone else can be your boss, a colleague, a friend, or your favorite barista.
—Stuf, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
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Some of her colleagues, though, noted that many of the ZIP codes listed are inside cities.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
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With input from Wang’s colleague Zhaohuan Zhu, the group worked around the clock (and in one case during a flight to Europe).
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
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According to the outlet, the women were at the game to celebrate the end of the first week of classes with their colleagues.
—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
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The other was a colleague of sorts in the intimate confines of a small business.
—Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022
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Fine doesn’t call her a student, but instead a colleague.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
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In this study, Jain and his colleagues analyzed what the heat dome would have looked like without this trend.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
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Documents say the colleague checked the guest bedroom a third time and noticed it was once again locked.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2023
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My colleague Leo Schwartz and I teamed up for a new deep dive on the state of crypto venture capital in 2023.
—Anne Sraders, Fortune, 1 June 2023
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The junior officer took off his coat and shoes and handed his weapon to a colleague.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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For a quick look at the other races to watch, check out this brief write-up from my colleague Peter Weber.
—Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 23 Aug. 2022
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One colleague, who goes by the nickname Joker, was quick to praise his workmate.
—Paul Stremple, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2022
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Leavitt and her colleagues could stock the briefing room’s front rows with sycophantic figures – or move more serious questioners to the back.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
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Schwartz and her research colleagues have found that in countries where women have more education and hypogamy is more prevalent, people are less likely to agree with that statement.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
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