classmate

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Rather, I’d say scrolling the subreddit is like auditing a university science course where the professor prioritizes discussion, and every classmate is, for once, eager to put their hand in the air.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Vauhini Vara, is a tech journalist and the 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist of “The Immortal King Rao,” who spent several years with Mahajan at Stanford as his classmate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

He attended Princeton, but when a classmate was killed in Vietnam in 1967, he joined the Marines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

It was those drawings that caught the eye of Geisel's classmate, and fellow American, Helen Palmer.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Did she happen to have a childhood friend or high school classmate who had taken a different path? he asked.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times