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 Brand fans have spotted the pieces on everyone from colleagues to Hailey Bieber and Taylor Swift, and Dorsey is now an eight-figure business, according to the company. — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026 In 2023, Tinsley and colleagues at Texas Tech published another study examining EHP Labs’ ready-to-drink thermogenic beverage, OxyShred Ultra Energy. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Two go-their-own-way Democrats bucked the party on a routine procedural vote, angering colleagues and raising a red flag about potential party divisions to come. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 One of Amit’s colleagues noticed that mice that had been given psilocybin avoided nerve damage after chemotherapy. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2026 Family members, longtime friends, former colleagues and even litigants discuss the woman behind the famous judicial robe. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Similarly, experiments that Sanchez-Lavega and his colleagues performed with computer simulations of currents in shallow water suggest the decagon formed because of a meandering wave trapped by a curving atmospheric jet. — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026 At one point his colleagues, content to wait for help to retrieve Troy’s boot and dog tag from a very tall tree, watch in awe as Volkov strips down to his undershirt to effortlessly do it himself. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 In 2011, Richard Kyte, an ethics professor at Viterbo University, noticed that two of his colleagues were growing increasingly isolated. — Juhie Bhatia, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Trout and Neto reached out to an unnamed Rams player on Tuesday to gather intel on their new owner, who has a sterling reputation amongst his NFL peers.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Mice on semaglutide explored more, balanced longer on a rotating rod, ran farther on a treadmill and solved a maze faster—gains that held even after the researchers accounted for the animals just being leaner than their peers.

— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of peers

Noun

Beck didn’t participate in the book, but Riesman finds enough friends, family and associates to assemble a complex portrait of an artist who wants his audiences to see him as fashion-forward but has had a hard time shaking his past.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
John Giusti, a chiropractor with an independent practice outside Dallas and Forth Worth, was found dead on Monday, friends and business associates said on social media.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of associates

Noun

Philanthropy takes center stage Organizers vowed to work with nonprofit partners to put the grants toward their most urgent and underresourced needs.

— James Pollard, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
People who work with the investor credit his business acumen, low-key demeanor and daunting work ethic, qualities that have attracted partners, founders and mentors alike — including Iger.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of partners

Noun

Learn from experienced coworkers, understand how your work impacts other departments and expand your skills.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
CEOs have been warning professionals that AI won’t take their jobs—it’ll actually be their tech-savvy coworkers snatching up opportunities.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of coworkers

Noun

Our hunting and conservation editor and his buddies chartered a helicopter to fly into an area of public land that was surrounded by private ranches.

— Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026
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

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