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colleague

[kol-eeg] / ˈkɒl ig /


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Their snobbery is juxtaposed with Carney’s friend and colleague Pepper’s unsettling bluntness and eyeball to eyeball stare.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

My colleague Dana Stevens says it may be her favorite Nolan movie to date.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

A colleague put it like this: "He can make the Treasury do what it doesn't want to do."

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

My colleague Thomas Grove and I spent weeks reporting this out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

“Peter,” she turned to her colleague with a trace of savagery, “what’s wrong here? What kind of robots are they using at Hyper Base?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

Indeed, research from Cornell’s Pillemer and colleagues shows that while people who start a cutoff often feel a temporary sense of relief, they also experience significantly higher rates of chronic unhappiness and depression over time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

He won the nomination after impressing his CEA colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

The presenter's friend and former Today co-host James Naughtie praised Stourton's "warm intelligence and wit", adding he was "one of the best colleagues".

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

He was already looking forward to the end of his morning meeting so he and other football-loving colleagues could relive the match over another cup of coffee.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

I worked night and day to get it right, often with one of my colleagues, engineer Al Hamer, whom I collaborated with on several reports.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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