Thesaurus results for COLLEAGUES

colleagues

noun

plural of colleague

as in peers

a fellow worker on her first day at work her colleagues went out of their way to make her feel welcome

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Recent Examples of colleagues Poliński, a professor at the Institute of Archaeology at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, and his colleagues began excavating the site in Pień near Dąbrowa Chełmińska in 2005. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Thankfully, soil typicity and climate in the Napa Valley allow winemakers to make wine from Sauvignon Blanc grapes similar to their colleagues in France, with more refined, complex, and restrained profiles. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026 So while the company’s investigation may be over, the government and overseas colleagues appear to still be digging. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026 Her own colleagues curiously ranked her 11th among guards in All-Star starter voting. — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 McLoughlin and colleagues William Jimeno and Dominick Pezzulo were on the main concourse between the two towers when the South Tower collapsed, trapping them in the rubble 30 feet underground. — ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 In this case, Zou and colleagues examined the aftermath generated by firing the smaller nuclei oxygen-16 and neon-20 at each other. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026 In a paper in Science Advances, evolutionary biologist Bill Martin of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany and his colleagues present evidence that life might have, in effect, begun twice. — Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026 With his colleagues, including his good friend and fellow detective Max Abrahamsson (Henrik Norlén), in the dark, Thomas scrambles to solve the murders. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Coverage of the Arday story was out of proportion to his position in society, reflecting the higher standard to which people of color are held when compared with their white peers, Vernon said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
So Geuder was not surprised when Shaffer was elected one of three team captains by his peers.

— Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of peers

Noun

This year, the Iranian government froze the bank accounts and seized assets belonging to more than a hundred Iranians who are living overseas, including dozens of staff members and associates of Iran International.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
To hear his closest associates tell it, the magic was in the match — pairing the talent with the tune.

— Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of associates

Noun

Howe said coworkers described Lunceford as behaving unusually before the shooting, and an autopsy found no drugs or alcohol in his system.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2026
The couple reunited with Winfrey’s coworkers at Reunion, a restaurant owned by another former show guest, Art Smith, at Navy Pier in Chicago.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of coworkers

Noun

Mel might be a disaster with her loud mouth and impolite antics, but her over-the-top meddling does her buddies some good.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
In high school, Messick and his buddies would gather in one of their backyard pools, order pizza and watch the All-Star week festivities.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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