as in partner
a fellow worker
on her first day at work her colleagues went out of their way to make her feel welcome
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Recent Examples of colleague
One of Browne’s colleagues was poet and memoirist Patricia Hampl, Regents Professor Emerita of English at the University of Minnesota.
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Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2026
Senate Republican leader Stephen Harding of Brookfield said his caucus will stand with their colleagues.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
Some of those demands can be surprisingly specific, her colleague Ritika Bawa Sachdev adds.
—Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
James was Burden’s colleague, a senior associate who at the time was handling, with Burden’s help, the IPO for an internet holding company.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
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Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2026
Senate Republican leader Stephen Harding of Brookfield said his caucus will stand with their colleagues.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
Some of those demands can be surprisingly specific, her colleague Ritika Bawa Sachdev adds.
—Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
James was Burden’s colleague, a senior associate who at the time was handling, with Burden’s help, the IPO for an internet holding company.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colleague
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Beckham’s money-men partners are Miami brothers Jorge and Jose Mas, billionaire businessmen, leaders of the construction giant MasTec, and sons of a Cuban exile leader.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Enjoy relations with friends, groups, partners, siblings and neighbors.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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The movie follows Apple (Lili Reinhart), who leads a secret witch cult with coworkers Cherry (Pedretti) and Fig (Alexandra Shipp) at a mall store.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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Go public with what that friend, neighbor, or coworker does well.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2026
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In January, Yemen’s Interior Ministry re-upped a request to its Emirati counterpart to apprehend Al-Maqtari and his associates.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The chatter around streaming bots grew noticeably louder in August 2025, when a prison phone call between Young Thug and an unidentified associate leaked online.—
Kyle Eustice,
VIBE.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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The sheer force of gravity as the rocket climbs toward space keeps the astronauts, and their zero G buddy, in their seats the first eight minutes post-liftoff.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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Took the leap, moved to Norwood with two of the guys and my buddy Ben, and loved it.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Apr. 2026
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Consider enrolling in a class or talking about philosophical ideas with your peers, because such bold curiosity presently translates into mental growth.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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As so many of his peers have run from that reality, Self is embracing the challenge, with precisely nothing left to prove.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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Before her political career, Metayer Bowen was a confident, spirited teenager whose smile lit up the room, said Jessica Mund, a fellow classmate at Coral Springs Charter School.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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Native American oral histories refer to gambling frequently, said Robert Wiener, a postdoctoral fellow at Dartmouth University who has studied gambling and religion at Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, an ancient Puebloan center.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Colleague.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colleague. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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