as in colleague
a member of the same class in a school, college, or university
She was widely regarded as the most likely to succeed among her classmates.
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Recent Examples of classmate
His classmates had several vacation homes and live-in staff.
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Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 21 Feb. 2025
Here, Lozano switches roles to play Ms. Brite, a friend and former classmate of Fola’s who now works for the university’s human resources department.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
One of my other hilarious classmates, Christian Hurtado, even gave me an edit that made it into my final set.
—Madeleine Janz, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Whorton’s classmate, Jane Conrad, aided Lexington to another first place finish in the two mile (11:18.17).
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
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Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 21 Feb. 2025
Here, Lozano switches roles to play Ms. Brite, a friend and former classmate of Fola’s who now works for the university’s human resources department.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
One of my other hilarious classmates, Christian Hurtado, even gave me an edit that made it into my final set.
—Madeleine Janz, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Whorton’s classmate, Jane Conrad, aided Lexington to another first place finish in the two mile (11:18.17).
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classmate
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Maitland remembered presenting the same award to his father, Dennis Maitland, 16 years ago, and then thanked his family, friends and colleagues.—
Carolyn Giardina,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2025
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And as a part-time Air National Guard officer, General Caine was a co-founder of RISE Air, a regional airline, and managed other private businesses, according to his LinkedIn page and interviews with friends and former colleagues.—
Eric Schmitt,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Shirazi’s brother, who played football, was taunted by his teammates.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2025
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Roughly a month after Lorenzo Cain signed a one-day contract and retired as a member of the Royals in 2023, one of his former teammates returned to Kansas City for a game.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 2025
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Starbucks charges significantly more for a latte and an Americano than most of its peers.—
Ryan Baker,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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Conversely, companies in the bottom quartile for both gender and ethnic diversity are 27% more likely to underperform their peers.—
Michael Hudson,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Later, one of their friends came to the house and discovered the body of one of the victims, Xana Kernodle.—
Mike Baker,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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De Agosto is where the friend group formed: Miguel, his older brother, Rifen, Fernando, Silvio De Sousa and Eric Amandio.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Mar. 2025
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After a schoolmate also died from a brain tumor, the family joined forces with the school to raise money for brain cancer research.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Castro and his brother were among the schoolmates detectives interviewed during the initial stages of the investigation, Thoemmes said.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Classmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classmate. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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