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classmate

[klas-meyt, klahs-] / ˈklæsˌmeɪt, ˈklɑs- /




NOUN
schoolmate
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STRONGEST


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Another woman said her 12-year-old daughter was a classmate of the dead girl.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

“Wendi’s style has a touch of the harlequin to it — playful, theatrical and always ready for an occasion,” writer and former NYU classmate Josh Rothenberger says in an email.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

And though the suit doesn’t name the classmate, her name has now leaked via court documents, furthering an already pronounced imbalance of power.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

They usually don’t teach a class on what to do when a classmate can’t get a word out, or teach the teacher to wait.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

My classmate Jill had been in a car accident.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

It came from “Skip Along,” the “Alice and Jerry” primer my tiny classmates and I used to begin reading on our first day of elementary school, in 1970.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

For nine months, Sparkes kept his weekly recording sessions secret from his classmates by telling them he was attending physiotherapy for a foot injury.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

In Shijiazhuang, an industrial city of seven million northeast of Dazhai, 20-year-old Wang Zhihao and his classmates posed with a giant Mao statue opposite the municipal government.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

But even that outdoor time was sometimes withheld when her classmates “behaved poorly”—a common disciplinary tactic that the national guidance recommends against.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

He was styling and beaming with pride until he got spotted by some of our classmates.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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