colleague
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"We stand with our former colleague, and the other women who have come forward," the statement read.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
“I had a colleague in that case who wrote, you know, these are only temporary stops,” she said, referring to Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
If top financial executives hint the worst has yet to come for private credit, shares of financial companies could be hit hard, writes my colleague, Paul La Monica.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
My colleague Alessandra Malito recently counseled a couple who wished to retire to Malaysia.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
According to his long-time colleague James Chadwick, discoverer of the neutron, he wasn’t even particularly clever at experimentation.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Vocabulary lists containing colleague
Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Vocabulary from "There Will Never Be an Age of Artificial Intimacy," by Sherry Turkle
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