as in colleague
a fellow worker
my coworkers and I often send facetious e-mails to one another
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Recent Examples of coworker
Friends, coworkers and other familiar faces were constantly present, Bell said.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Maybe your partner seems distracted, or a coworker’s vibe changes overnight.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
But this seemed to have a real resonance to our journey, our friendship, and our partnership as coworkers.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
But when a former coworker pulls the same maneuver, tempers flare, and things start to get pretty dark.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Maybe your partner seems distracted, or a coworker’s vibe changes overnight.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
But this seemed to have a real resonance to our journey, our friendship, and our partnership as coworkers.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
But when a former coworker pulls the same maneuver, tempers flare, and things start to get pretty dark.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for coworker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coworker
colleague
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Diego Sanchez, operations department head for the Coast Guard's Station Atlantic City, was on a boat with four colleagues for hours Monday night looking for any signs of the missing swimmer.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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My colleague and Bay Area News Group Valkyries beat writer Nathan Canilao played for one of NorCal’s premier high school programs in Granada, and several others had similar backgrounds.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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“Coworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coworker. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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