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 And because nobody washed the dishes before tossing them into the feasting pit, King and his colleagues (in a 2017 study) could analyze the microscopic residue of ancient drinks that had soaked into the ceramic. — ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 Whether El Niño will continue to strengthen is something Cole and her colleagues’ records can’t answer, but scientists are using climate models to try to puzzle that out. — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026 At Lucid, team activity budgets have been expanded, and the company invests heavily in helping people connect with colleagues. — Ted Kitterman, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Democratic primary winners in the District are prepping for their likely future roles with Spanish lessons and meetings with their soon-to-be colleagues. — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026 By noon, the science team’s role in operations is done, but my colleagues linger online to discuss the latest data in more detail. — Ashwin R. Vasavada, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 Bough called serving on the City Council the honor of her life and thanked her colleagues and constituents. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 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

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Noun

For those who have not been identified, negative feedback from adults and peers can further depress self-esteem.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The bottom line is that GPC has done a good job of bottoming this year, forming a bullish pattern, outperforming its major peers, and approaching a potential breakout from a multi-year relative downtrend versus XLY.

— Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 26 Aug. 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

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

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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