schoolmates

Definition of schoolmatesnext
plural of schoolmate
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Noun
  • One fifth grader, Carmelo Brown, described a frightening scene as classmates were escorted out of the building.
    Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Nedelman has assembled the book club over the decades, inviting women from different parts of her life, including investment clubs and Planned Parenthood organizing along with high school classmates.
    Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The duo had been teammates on LSU’s Elite Eight team in 2023-24, and Van Lith credits Reese for helping her ease into the WNBA.
    Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Sophomore catcher Jordan Lindsay’s RBI double to right field tied the game 1-1 before teammates followed the same hitting pattern for four runs in the inning.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In a 2006 study, Redelmeier and his colleagues found that acronyms may improve a trial’s likelihood of being cited.
    Clarissa Brincat, Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
  • So many of my female colleagues are moms or moms-to-be, and there is comfort in being around other working women who are also building families.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Not all disruptive students who land in special education get the EBD label.
    Laurie Stern, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
  • This year’s Fellowship cohort represents school districts across 10 states, collectively supporting nearly 1,000 schools and more than 567,000 students.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • While out on the campaign trail for student body president as a junior in 1974, Kempthorne also met his future wife, Patricia, when the two were undergraduates in Moscow.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Altogether at the Division II and Division III levels, according to the most recent federal data, 107 out of ~700 colleges feature student bodies where at least 44% of undergraduates are athletes.
    Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Kaylee Goncalves also felt as though she was being watched and stalked in the weeks before she was murdered alongside two of her roommates and one roommate's boyfriend.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What’s paramount for me is that the readers will care about what happens next for the narrator.
    Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • To ensure the fairness and credibility of our readers’ poll, any votes originating from the same IP address that exceed 20 submissions will be excluded from the final tally.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Impatient with your daily routines or with coworkers?
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Porter County Deputy Prosecutor Kire Pavlovski told the 13 jurors the victim and defendant were hanging out with coworkers in the parking lot of Camaco after getting off the midnight shift.
    Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Schoolmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmates. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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