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
Edward's classmates fill other stations around the room.
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Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
As a motivating member of the boys’ basketball team, RJ’s positivity and encouragement uplift his teammates, classmates, and friends.
—Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
But unlike many of his fellow students, Scaramucci didn’t profess any aspirations to use his legal training for the greater good, or to be a thundering moral figure like the fictional criminal defense attorney Atticus Finch, a classmate has written of him.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 July 2025
Stay in touch with your high school or college classmates, colleagues, and former bosses.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
As a motivating member of the boys’ basketball team, RJ’s positivity and encouragement uplift his teammates, classmates, and friends.
—Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
But unlike many of his fellow students, Scaramucci didn’t profess any aspirations to use his legal training for the greater good, or to be a thundering moral figure like the fictional criminal defense attorney Atticus Finch, a classmate has written of him.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 July 2025
Stay in touch with your high school or college classmates, colleagues, and former bosses.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classmate
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In the days since the concert, a number of friends, family, and colleagues have asked me about it—mostly inquiring about the set list and the car prop malfunction.—
Leah Faye Cooper,
Vogue,
4 July 2025
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Together with his colleague Richard Wetherald at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in Princeton, N.J., Manabe used a simple climate model to show that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 would lead to more efficient trapping of heat in the troposphere.—
Ben Santer,
Scientific American,
4 July 2025
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Lionel Messi produced magic moments and his Inter Miami teammates exceeded expectations, as the MLS club went undefeated through three group games.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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His teammates, Pato O'Ward and Christian Lundgaard, are both in the top five.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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The researchers also looked at mortality rates for American infants, young children and teenagers and compared them to their peers in other high-income countries over time.—
Maria Godoy,
NPR,
8 July 2025
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The bank also receives far fewer mortgage applications from Black households than its peers, a sign that its presence is lacking in majority-Black neighborhoods, Nelson said.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
8 July 2025
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Indeed, environmental advocacy groups appear to share her concerns, and several, including Friends of the Everglades, sued the DeSantis administration on Friday in an effort to halt the project.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
1 July 2025
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The circumstances varied, from hikers bringing their furry friends on multi-day backpacking trips to taking them up 14,000-foot peaks, but in every case, sheer exhaustion was the primary cause.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside Online,
1 July 2025
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Shortly after Agnes starts the job, her closest friend Lydie (Naomi Ackie), an old schoolmate, comes to visit from New York.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
27 June 2025
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If your friends, family, colleagues, schoolmates, etc. aren't there, the platform can't grow, and new members quickly become dormant.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Classmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classmate. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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