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schoolmate

[skool-meyt] / ˈskulˌmeɪt /
NOUN
roommate
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STRONGEST


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De Vusser, a former schoolmate of Boone’s who has since been promoted to Bain’s chief executive, advised Lotus to focus its global growth efforts on Biscoff rather than its other products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

He later cultivated a close relationship with Jiang Zemin, a former schoolmate from Shanghai who rose to become China’s president and who died in 2022.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2024

We as the reader come to this fictional Diana through a fictional schoolmate Sandy she confides in, who she then has this pivotal recurring moment with later on near the end of her marriage.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2023

She was a schoolmate of Shamima Begum, in Bethnal Green, east London, when, in December 2014, Sharmeena suddenly went missing.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2023

Arnold, a thirty-one-year-old Confederate army veteran and former schoolmate of Booth’s, was arrested based on a tip.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson




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