collegial

Example Sentences

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I am interested in a collegial environment where people respect each other enough that they can actually argue with each other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The conversations were collegial, but at the end of it, they don’t trust me, or they don’t trust people in public health, because they think that we’re lying to them.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2025

"The notion is to make it collegial, if you will. And the Israelis will obviously be in constant touch with them," the first official said.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Mostly they were agreeable and collegial, just a couple of Midwestern guys having a friendly disagreement after which, under other circumstances, they would go out and have a beer together.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2024

Most of the time, the work requires minimal human interaction, of either the collegial or the supervisory sort, largely because it’s so self-defining.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich