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classmate

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




NOUN
schoolmate
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Antonyms
STRONGEST


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Yusron began investigating Abah a year previously, sparked by a revelation one night by his former classmate Ziadatur Rahmah.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

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

Instead, she stands up, pops her dislocated shoulder back into its socket and grimly declares to the shocked classmate filming her, “This is Claire Bennet, and that was attempt No. 6.”

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

Many at school wept for their classmate, but Claudette fumed.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose

Anya said in English, before the girls joined classmates playing with a huge red, yellow and blue balloon.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

His classmates “were certainly never known as Mordecai ben Aharon ha Levi—which is what my own name is in Hebrew.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

Ramirez’s two classmates, an Asian woman and a white man, remained in the edited version, but they were changed to appear thinner, and their facial features were noticeably distorted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Just think—Miss Simpson may read my first article to my old classmates.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson


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