as in warm
having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest
company luncheons that are designed to instill a collegial spirit among coworkers
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Recent Examples of collegial
Pritchard describes a relaxed, collegial creative process – one by two legends who, if anything, might have been too deferential.
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Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 7 May 2025
Becoming someone who is cooperative, collegial, open-minded, flexible, and interconnected is what truly enables effective engagement with others and AI.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
This is so bad that his stalking and threatening Elsbeth at a subway station almost seems like a bit of collegial high spirits in comparison.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Then begins the period of the conclave, the collegial gathering of all the cardinal electors who will meet in the Vatican to elect Francis’s successor.
—Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
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Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 7 May 2025
Becoming someone who is cooperative, collegial, open-minded, flexible, and interconnected is what truly enables effective engagement with others and AI.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
This is so bad that his stalking and threatening Elsbeth at a subway station almost seems like a bit of collegial high spirits in comparison.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Then begins the period of the conclave, the collegial gathering of all the cardinal electors who will meet in the Vatican to elect Francis’s successor.
—Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collegial
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Here, guests and stylish locals alike graze on warm flatbreads, stacked club sandwiches, silky smoked salmon & cream cheese bagels, and sharing Seafood and Charcuterie boards—brimming with serrano ham, pillowy focaccia, smoked mackerel, and plump Atlantic prawns. Prefer a slower pace?—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Hurricanes are born in the tropics, above warm water.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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But if oil prices remain middling, even friendly policies might not compel companies to significantly ramp up drilling.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Instead of an origin story, Peter is thrown into the stressful situation of navigating high school life, being a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man and crushing on the daughter of Michael Keaton's villainous Vulture.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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The man was gifted, gracious, often generous and seldom mean-spirited.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
10 July 2025
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But goodness gracious, the Rockies are only (14-36) under Schaeffer after going 7-33 under Black.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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“Collegial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collegial. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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