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collegial

[kuh-lee-juhl, -jee-uhl, kuh-lee-gee-uhl] / kəˈli dʒəl, -dʒi əl, kəˈli gi əl /






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The tone was collegial and open-minded, even as experts sometimes questioned one another’s assumptions and predictions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

Then assemble a group of very bright, hardworking, collegial, honest people and lead that team.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

The conversations were collegial, but at the end of it, they don’t trust me, or they don’t trust people in public health, because they think that we’re lying to them.

From Slate Dec. 4, 2025

"The notion is to make it collegial, if you will. And the Israelis will obviously be in constant touch with them," the first official said.

From Barron's Oct. 9, 2025

Most of the time, the work requires minimal human interaction, of either the collegial or the supervisory sort, largely because it’s so self-defining.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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