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 New Skydance content sales chief David Decker was all smiles at the WBD stand, able to look over and see his new Paramount colleagues just along the beachfront. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 Eventually, Chili invites Lee over to his house, far away from the ears of his former colleagues shooting pool at Secrets. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026 To bypass this bottleneck, in 2024 her colleagues at Google Research proposed an alternative technique called cultivation, which works on a single state. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026 When an elevator broke down at Cleveland Elementary last school year, staff mobilized to find three colleagues to carry Carolyn Diaz up and down the stairs so the ESL teacher, who uses a wheelchair, could reach her students. — Angie Orellana Hernandez, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2026 While the pollen evidence may still be up for debate, Pomeroy and her colleagues believe Neanderthals repeatedly returned to Shanidar Cave to lay their dead to rest, including the remains of Shanidar A. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 New nurses often enter practice under intense pressure, expected to manage complex patients with few colleagues and limited support. — Lynne S. Moronski, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026 Smuggling hasn’t been seen within the Galápagos Marine Reserve itself, but Alava and his colleagues theorize that smugglers are capturing iguanas near Ecuador’s coastal shorelines. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026 The East Palestine fire battalion chief, who is also the Columbiana County Emergency Management deputy director, and his colleagues across various neighboring agencies quickly realized the magnitude of the event. — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

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Noun

On top of these heat-seeking missiles, the platforms play to humans’ (particularly teens’) need to be accepted and admired by peers.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The market has significantly underperformed its European peers in recent years as political volatility has mounted — despite only around 15% of its revenues being generated domestically — with banks under particular pressure.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of peers

Noun

In 2015, The Washington Post profiled teaching associates at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia, including a theater actor who helped medical students learn pelvic examinations.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The office declared that the doctrine covers not only official advisers, but can also expand to cover outside associates consulted by the president in certain circumstances.

— Perry Stein, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of associates

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The papers are said to have contained highly sensitive information, some likely supplied by Germany’s intelligence partners – so the affair could have serious international ramifications at a time when Europe is facing grave security threats.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
This week, Ukraine also did not receive advanced warning from partners of incoming ballistic missiles, resulting in civilian deaths, according to Ukrainian officials.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of partners

Noun

Court records show Carroll was accused of masturbating and urinating on work equipment and on coworkers' personal belongings inside the Baltimore County Fire Station 2 in Pikesville and the Baltimore County Public Safety Building.

— Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Being able to have the in-person connectivity with talking to your coworkers, being able to collaborate, is great and then also the larger programming of the company as a whole.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of coworkers

Noun

My grandfather reliably spoke warmly of his years in service and antique buddies from his army years traveled from across the country to come to a grand party thrown for my grandparents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1991.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Imagine showing off that feature to your golf buddies after a round.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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