colleagues

Example Sentences

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"I worked another half an hour and then I told my colleagues that I had to leave."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

To overcome the effects of SLAMF6, Veillette and his colleagues created monoclonal antibodies designed to stop the molecule from binding to itself and triggering its suppressive signals.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

He also infuriated colleagues in the coalition government, the British press reported, proposing a stream of unconventional ideas: scrapping maternity leave, abolishing job centers, even buying cloud-bursting technology so Britain would have more sunshine.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Yet now he excuses himself by saying it wasn’t a staff meeting, it was a family meeting—because that’s how he feels about his colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

But in a close vote, his Maryland colleagues rejected his reading of the document as excessively pessimistic.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis