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Recent Examples of schoolmate
Anderson, who remained Facebook friends with his old schoolmate, liked a comment and the friend called him out of the blue.
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Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
Fox 5 Atlanta reported that his schoolmates described him as funny and enjoyable to be around.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2024
Watch on Deadline Years before the murders, a schoolmate of Buster Murdaugh, Stephen Smith, was killed in what was believed at the time to be a hit-and-run accident.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
Pavlenko signed up for a class in extreme dance in 2009 after learning about it from a schoolmate and immediately loved breaking.
—Hannah Poukish, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
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Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
Fox 5 Atlanta reported that his schoolmates described him as funny and enjoyable to be around.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2024
Watch on Deadline Years before the murders, a schoolmate of Buster Murdaugh, Stephen Smith, was killed in what was believed at the time to be a hit-and-run accident.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
Pavlenko signed up for a class in extreme dance in 2009 after learning about it from a schoolmate and immediately loved breaking.
—Hannah Poukish, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmate
Noun
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One of my other hilarious classmates, Christian Hurtado, even gave me an edit that made it into my final set.—
Madeleine Janz,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Whorton’s classmate, Jane Conrad, aided Lexington to another first place finish in the two mile (11:18.17).—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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The only other shutouts this season have both been recorded by rookie goalies: Schroeder’s New York teammate Kayle Osborne and Gwyneth Philips of Ottawa.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes,
8 Feb. 2025
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But over a course of a season, such me-moments can wear on a locker room, on teammates, on those there to support.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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In September last year, a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy was killed in a second knife attack near another Japanese school in the southern city of Shenzhen.—
Chris Lau,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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The air kiss and Trump's schoolboy grin show a glimpse of the sparks still there.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Maybe, but Crow is quite literally there: a menacing big bird who has come into the room to interface with Cumberbatch, to be his supernatural playmate and philosopher and tough-love therapist.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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The United States is playing this game with the ruthlessness of a child grabbing all the blocks from their playmate, determined to leave them empty-handed.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article A Queens subway rider busted for sprawling across more than one seat was then linked to several recent frightening crimes against women, including groping three schoolgirls, police said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Based on a novel by Joan Lindsey, the film is about a group of schoolgirls who, on Valentine’s Day in 1900, go to a remote scenic outcropping to spend the day.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2025
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Her roommate called 911 and knocked on neighbors’ doors.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Fearful that the neurotic Florence might attempt suicide, Olive invites her to move in as her roommate.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Sep. 2024
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Louisiana just enthusiastically passed a law designed to convert every schoolchild in the state to Christianity.—
Letters To The Editor,
The Mercury News,
24 June 2024
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Tune in tonight at 9/8c on Bravo to see what goes down when the housemates reunite and the drama kicks off.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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The victims were Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, both 21, their housemate Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, also 20.—
Stepheny Price,
Fox News,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Schoolmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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