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
Adolescence follows the case of Jamie Miller, a 13-year-old boy accused of murdering his classmate, Katie Leonard.
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
In an unprecedented move, our public schools handed out hundreds of thousands of devices to help more than 1 million students continue to safely learn online with their teachers and classmates.
—Dr. Mitchell Katz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2025
Would a caricature that depicts the likeness of a classmate with her breasts visible be a crime?
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2025
After the clinic finished its case rounds, Allison and some of her classmates met with Rebecca (whose name has also been changed), one of a group of former clinic students invited to continue their work for a second semester.
—Sarah Lustbader, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
In an unprecedented move, our public schools handed out hundreds of thousands of devices to help more than 1 million students continue to safely learn online with their teachers and classmates.
—Dr. Mitchell Katz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2025
Would a caricature that depicts the likeness of a classmate with her breasts visible be a crime?
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2025
After the clinic finished its case rounds, Allison and some of her classmates met with Rebecca (whose name has also been changed), one of a group of former clinic students invited to continue their work for a second semester.
—Sarah Lustbader, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classmate
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That was certainly the case for marine biologist Professor Rochelle Constantine and her colleagues at the University of Auckland, who did not expect to find an octopus riding a shark.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Our colleague Bo Li at the University of Wollongong used optical luminescence dating methods on the layers of earth that contained the artifacts.—
Ben Marwick,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
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Her Japanese teammate, Mone Chiba, was third with 215.24 points while Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn gave the Americans three of the top five.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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But the most recent well-wishes might turn some heads, given who the messages are coming from: arguably Watkins’ and her USC teammates’ biggest rivals, UCLA.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Even when Black women do break through, their work is often undervalued or held to a different standard than their peers.—
Kedean Smith,
Essence,
3 Apr. 2025
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Pickle has listings for items across the country, so renters in Miami have already had access to peers’ rentals shipped via USPS, as well as same-day local deliveries via courier services like Uber, DoorDash and Relay.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Apr. 2025
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When stuck in a disagreement, step outside your own emotions and discuss the issue as if advising a close friend in the same situation.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The actor died on Saturday, March 29, at 11:15 p.m. local time in Waimanalo, Hawaii, of complications following a stroke, a friend of Chamberlain's working on behalf of his retired publicist tells PEOPLE.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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In the limited series — which consists of four episodes that take place in real-time and are all achieved with one camera take — Jamie is suspected in the murder of a 13-year-old female schoolmate named Katie.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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At a memorial service held by Vincent’s old schoolmates in California, his friends brought slices of apples to share and reminisced about the apple slices in his lunchbox, cut with absolute symmetry.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Classmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classmate. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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