as in peers
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 colleagues
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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Ryan Gaydos Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
As weather conditions deteriorated near the summit, three climbers turned back, while Morup and two colleagues continued their ascent.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
That puts more pressure on new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and his colleagues, a dissent-happy bunch over the past year, to consider whether a slowdown in jobs or an uptick in inflation is the bigger risk to the economy.
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Jake Angelo,
semafor.com,
2 July 2026
Employees are brainstorming with chatbots instead of colleagues, turning to algorithms for feedback and reporting fewer meaningful conversations.
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Carrie Varoquiers,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
As a shopping editor, some of the best product recommendations come from my colleagues.
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Rachel Nussbaum,
InStyle,
2 July 2026
Cotter’s colleagues and students follow the national team closely, while Premier League clubs are popular among teenagers.
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Amelie Claydon,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
After six years of teleworking, California’s state employees have become fluent in software such as Google Docs and Microsoft Teams to work with their colleagues and get their jobs done.
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William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
His wife, Francisca, and their two young sons were surrounded by relatives, friends, and colleagues during the ceremony.
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Doug Myers,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Ryan Gaydos Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
As weather conditions deteriorated near the summit, three climbers turned back, while Morup and two colleagues continued their ascent.
—
ABC News,
2 July 2026
That puts more pressure on new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and his colleagues, a dissent-happy bunch over the past year, to consider whether a slowdown in jobs or an uptick in inflation is the bigger risk to the economy.
—
Jake Angelo,
semafor.com,
2 July 2026
Employees are brainstorming with chatbots instead of colleagues, turning to algorithms for feedback and reporting fewer meaningful conversations.
—
Carrie Varoquiers,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
As a shopping editor, some of the best product recommendations come from my colleagues.
—
Rachel Nussbaum,
InStyle,
2 July 2026
Cotter’s colleagues and students follow the national team closely, while Premier League clubs are popular among teenagers.
—
Amelie Claydon,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
After six years of teleworking, California’s state employees have become fluent in software such as Google Docs and Microsoft Teams to work with their colleagues and get their jobs done.
—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
His wife, Francisca, and their two young sons were surrounded by relatives, friends, and colleagues during the ceremony.
—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colleagues
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While teenagers have always looked to older peers for inspiration, social media has accelerated and amplified this process.
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Elle is a bright pink fish out of water, overlooked and made fun of by her intellectual peers in flannel shirts and dark sweaters, who see her as a ditzy airhead beneath them.
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Others newly added to the professional list include degrees for physical therapy, athletic training, speech-language pathology, physician associates and anesthesiologist assistants.
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Prosecutors allege that six of Arnold’s associates actually carried out the crimes, holding, beating and pistol-whipping the victims, and that Arnold wasn’t there at the time.
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Nvidia's current-generation Rubin systems are in full production and begin shipping this fall to eight cloud partners, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
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Muon and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection are both FireSat partners.
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His doctors speculated his infection might have been a rare case of cryptic transmission from sharing meals and bathrooms with his coworkers, one of whom apparently had a tapeworm infection.
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Looking at these relationship issues from different perspectives, three commentators suggest that AI coworkers require far different protocols than human workers, yet in some ways, still act as confidants.
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Juan Correa traveled from Bucaramanga, Colombia, with his buddies Nick Arrieta, Alejandro Garcia and Santiago Rivera, arriving in KC on Thursday.
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Gaze at a passing cloud, curl up under a shady tree with a good book, or take a stroll and chat with your best buddies to savor the season.
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“Colleagues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colleagues. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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