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also confrère
as in colleague
a fellow worker
many of the judge's confreres on the Fifth Circuit bench don't feel as she does on the issue
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Recent Examples of confrere
With the show, Tigerman and his confreres, who quickly became known as the Chicago Four (later the Chicago Seven), had made their point about Chicago eclecticism.
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Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2019
Designed by Los Angeles architecture firm Johnston Marklee, the $40 million Institute adds a significant new structure to the ensemble that is more open and buoyant than its confreres.
—Julie V. Iovine, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2018
And the Brazilian police quickly dismantled, through video evidence and the testimony of Lochte's three swimming confreres, the Olympic athlete's shifting fabrications.
—Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2016
The audience ate it up, and the Czech players had a ball partnering their American confreres, according to Sporcl.
—John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2017
Some of her confreres were intent on exposing the complex roles of photography in everyday life, especially in advertising and movies.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 11 May 2017
According to this analysis, Murray and his confreres can qualify as charlatans at best, racists at worst, and likely something in between.
—John McWhorter, National Review, 5 July 2017
Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2019
Designed by Los Angeles architecture firm Johnston Marklee, the $40 million Institute adds a significant new structure to the ensemble that is more open and buoyant than its confreres.
—Julie V. Iovine, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2018
And the Brazilian police quickly dismantled, through video evidence and the testimony of Lochte's three swimming confreres, the Olympic athlete's shifting fabrications.
—Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2016
The audience ate it up, and the Czech players had a ball partnering their American confreres, according to Sporcl.
—John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2017
Some of her confreres were intent on exposing the complex roles of photography in everyday life, especially in advertising and movies.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 11 May 2017
According to this analysis, Murray and his confreres can qualify as charlatans at best, racists at worst, and likely something in between.
—John McWhorter, National Review, 5 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confrere
colleague
Noun
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In an email to her colleagues, Cabrera, a former immigration official, complained that the arrest team had an administrative warrant, not a judicial one.—
Daniel Bice,
jsonline.com,
30 July 2025
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But in April, as dozens of her colleagues would soon find out for themselves, the UT Office of Sponsored Projects informed her the project was among several the federal government had terminated.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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“Confrere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confrere. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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