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Recent Examples of schoolmate
Instead of heading to morning classes, my high school freshman watched over younger schoolmates whose parents have to work.
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Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
Anderson, who remained Facebook friends with his old schoolmate, liked a comment and the friend called him out of the blue.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
Fox 5 Atlanta reported that his schoolmates described him as funny and enjoyable to be around.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2024
Watch on Deadline Years before the murders, a schoolmate of Buster Murdaugh, Stephen Smith, was killed in what was believed at the time to be a hit-and-run accident.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
Anderson, who remained Facebook friends with his old schoolmate, liked a comment and the friend called him out of the blue.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
Fox 5 Atlanta reported that his schoolmates described him as funny and enjoyable to be around.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2024
Watch on Deadline Years before the murders, a schoolmate of Buster Murdaugh, Stephen Smith, was killed in what was believed at the time to be a hit-and-run accident.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmate
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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
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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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Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman similarly worried some teammates might flippantly request a challenge that would be better spent on a more important, game-critical pitch.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
21 Feb. 2025
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As a gracious and generous teammate, Buckner is happy to keep his offer on the table for Pierce’s fourth NFL season.—
James Boyd,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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In September last year, a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy was killed in a second knife attack near another Japanese school in the southern city of Shenzhen.—
Chris Lau,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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The air kiss and Trump's schoolboy grin show a glimpse of the sparks still there.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Maybe, but Crow is quite literally there: a menacing big bird who has come into the room to interface with Cumberbatch, to be his supernatural playmate and philosopher and tough-love therapist.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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The United States is playing this game with the ruthlessness of a child grabbing all the blocks from their playmate, determined to leave them empty-handed.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The plummeting object missed her but hit a nearby house, killing a fifth-grade schoolgirl.—
Martin Fackler,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Shannon got a movie out her portrayal of a Catholic schoolgirl who smelled her armpits.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC News,
17 Feb. 2025
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In college, my roommate Dave and I took an economics course in international trade and learned that countries with comparative advantages in producing different products were always better off from trade.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article A Lansing, Illinois, man is charged in Indiana with fatally stabbing his roommate.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2025
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In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Sep. 2024
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Louisiana just enthusiastically passed a law designed to convert every schoolchild in the state to Christianity.—
Letters To The Editor,
The Mercury News,
24 June 2024
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The next day, Gronkowski and his two housemates arrived home from the Super Bowl in Minneapolis and noticed the basement door was broken.—
Alex Andrejev,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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When a man went away for a weekend and left his window open, his housemate shut it for him.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Schoolmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmate. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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