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 Its inclusion in the corridors of power is characteristic of the 52-year-old executive, whom colleagues describe as committed, charismatic and down-to-earth. — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 Alongside learning the requirements of a new role and meeting new colleagues, those moving internationally must also adapt to a new culture and potentially learn a new language. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 One of the first steps to finding the right financial advisor could be referrals from your colleagues, friends or family. — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea,kelli Grant, Cfp®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 Li and her colleagues looked at sleep patterns of 25 humans and 38 dogs using activity monitors — worn on the wrist for people and the collar for dogs. — Maggie Penman, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 If Republicans lose the House, most of the departing Republicans will not be replaced by GOP colleagues. — John Wilkerson, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026 In a bid to understand why one of the world’s most popular drugs summons such negative emotions, Patel and his colleagues investigated its effect on mice. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026 According to my colleagues Seema Mehta and Nicole Nixon, only 45% of likely voters backed the measure in a late September poll by UC Berkeley and the Los Angeles Times. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Anthony Jack, Richard Boyatzis and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University coached people once about their personal vision and once about their current problems, then scanned them with fMRI. — Catherine Bell, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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Noun

This twin achievement of expanding its treasury and posting outsize shareholder returns puts the Hyperliquid DAT in stark contrast to its peers.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Long-lived healthy adults tend to have microbiomes that are richer in bacterial diversity than those of their chronological peers, with the former having gut bacteria that look more like those of younger, healthier adults.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of peers

Noun

Until today, human scientists have been the agents responsible for discovering cancer cures, and for doing so they (and key associates) have been showered with academic credit and awards, perhaps even a Nobel Prize.

— Jeffrey S. Flier, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
The outlet reported that Jamal pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars from at least six Feeding Our Future associates convicted in connection to the sprawling fraud scheme.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of associates

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The Islamic Scholarship Fund, New York production and post house Lost in Space, and Aneesa Talks, which filmmaker Aneesa Khan founded to support South Asian and Muslim creatives, have also signed on as partners.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Toyota plans to provide research access through the University of Michigan Electric Vehicle Center, allowing other research partners to use its battery testing and evaluation capabilities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of partners

Noun

Jeremy Culhane stars as Eric from Legal, a down-on-his-luck man who chimes in on gossip sessions with his coworkers with depressing tidbits from his own life.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2026
Sipping tea from beer mugs with his coworkers, Kyle Bos listed the ways his life is changing.

— Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026

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