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
Technology has democratized opportunity in ways my second-grade classmates could never have imagined.
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Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Not surprisingly, his classmates in Toronto, where his family settled in the 1960s, teased him.
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Dean Kaufman,
Curbed,
30 June 2026
In this end-of-the-world scenario, Jack thrives on junk food and video games while gathering a squad of classmates to fight of zombies and monsters.
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Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
30 June 2026
What shocks her even more is that Laura Kim, a classmate at Columbia, got in.
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Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
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Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Not surprisingly, his classmates in Toronto, where his family settled in the 1960s, teased him.
—
Dean Kaufman,
Curbed,
30 June 2026
In this end-of-the-world scenario, Jack thrives on junk food and video games while gathering a squad of classmates to fight of zombies and monsters.
—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
30 June 2026
What shocks her even more is that Laura Kim, a classmate at Columbia, got in.
—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classmate
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As reflected in an email thread used in the Watson case, Valentine reacted skeptically in 2019 when a colleague told her a particular hospital wanted to exit its contract with Mead Johnson.
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The incident sparked a one-game suspension for Thomas and another discourse about the treatment Clark has received from her WNBA colleagues in the floor.
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Dodgers pitcher Jack Dreyer pitched a scoreless first inning before his teammate Charlie Barnes stepped and struggled to contain the A’s.
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Koné, 24, could be seen hobbling onto the field on his good leg to celebrate with his teammates after Stephen Eustáquio scored a game-winning shot in extra time.
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Complementing the peer model is Leadership Coaching, delivered through one-to-one engagements focused on executive growth, decision clarity, and performance alignment.
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Yet, despite a smattering of citations, the work is impossible to fact-check, much less peer-review.
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Take a friend and have that person take a cell phone so that person can call 911 for help.
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In that episode, lone wolf Gibbs got a new special friend, an adorable dog.
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Her schoolmate, Curtis Mehlberg, follows her, and both are able to enter that magical world.
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The two were friends and schoolmates who were wrapping up high school studies when they were approached by Oakey.
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“Classmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classmate. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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