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classmate

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




NOUN
schoolmate
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STRONGEST


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Rather, I’d say scrolling the subreddit is like auditing a university science course where the professor prioritizes discussion, and every classmate is, for once, eager to put their hand in the air.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

"A lot of people would talk about it - it was not taboo," Sandra Symon, a high school classmate of Heuermann told the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Vauhini Vara, is a tech journalist and the 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist of “The Immortal King Rao,” who spent several years with Mahajan at Stanford as his classmate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

When Jay Liang, 19, a sophomore at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, started working with Kalshi to recruit new users, he hired his classmate to make a social-media post.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

He thought about Daemon, a ninth-grade classmate who didn’t make it to the end of the year.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore