schoolmate

Example Sentences

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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

“Where is Principal Dressback???” a schoolmate and friend, Karl Julian, titled a video on his YouTube channel.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2024

“She could talk to anyone,” said Molly Trujillo, a West Virginia schoolmate who became Carolina’s closest friend.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 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

Its developer was Ernest Lawrence, who had shared his boyhood fascination with electric gadgetry with Merle Tuve, his schoolmate and friend from across the street in a compact South Dakota town named Canton.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik