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classmate

[klas-meyt, klahs-] / ˈklæsˌmeɪt, ˈklɑs- /




NOUN
schoolmate
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STRONGEST


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One classmate decided it’d be fun to raid my cubbyhole, fish out my report card, read it aloud.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

A college classmate died after stopping to help a pregnant woman down 72 flights of stairs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Officials said earlier he faced academic-related stress and a classmate said he was bullied.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

It also introduced US actress Zendaya as MJ, his awkward but intellectual classmate.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Dylan, a classmate, stops, looks, walks backward, then shuts the door.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Once finding work, graduates with more AI-exposed degrees earned 5% lower wages compared to classmates with less AI-exposed majors, the findings showed.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

About one-third of students on average in developed countries reported that noise and disorder disrupted lessons, with 29% saying classmates don’t listen to teachers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

In Shijiazhuang, an industrial city of seven million northeast of Dazhai, 20-year-old Wang Zhihao and his classmates posed with a giant Mao statue opposite the municipal government.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Ten years ago, I went with my older daughter and a group of her classmates to see Gloria Steinem speak.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

They hadn’t even been aware they were a bit shabby until they saw the homes of their classmates.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness




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