Thesaurus results for COWORKERS

coworkers

noun

variants or co-workers

plural of coworker

as in colleagues

a fellow worker my coworkers and I often send facetious e-mails to one another

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Recent Examples of coworkers 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 But those survivors, who each have harrowing stories of their own, are still searching for answers about their still missing friends, coworkers, and family members. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026 Rather than over-scheduling people to maintain up-to-date global assets, a company can transfer much of this workload to its Smartcat AI coworkers. — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 Other than being an annoying time-suck, workslop is leading people to question their coworkers' competence or consideration. — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026 Were conversations shared, either by Officer Solomon or his wife with friends and coworkers? — Anna Meiler, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 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

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colleagues

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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

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