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a member of the same class in a school, college, or university
She was widely regarded as the most likely to succeed among her classmates.
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Recent Examples of classmates
Her classmates, meanwhile, were driving brand-new Mercedes, BMWs, and Range Rovers.
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Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
As a student at the elite private school Saint Ann’s, his classmates included Lola Schnabel, the daughter of painter Julian Schnabel, and writer, director and actress Lena Dunham, whom Posen used to babysit.
—Cathleen Chen, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
In March, a school district in Beverly Hills expelled five middle school students for creating and sharing fake nudes of their classmates.
—Trân Nguyễn, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Two anchors shared stories of going to school with classmates who had Polydactyly, a condition in which a person is born with extra fingers or toes.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
As a student at the elite private school Saint Ann’s, his classmates included Lola Schnabel, the daughter of painter Julian Schnabel, and writer, director and actress Lena Dunham, whom Posen used to babysit.
—Cathleen Chen, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
In March, a school district in Beverly Hills expelled five middle school students for creating and sharing fake nudes of their classmates.
—Trân Nguyễn, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Two anchors shared stories of going to school with classmates who had Polydactyly, a condition in which a person is born with extra fingers or toes.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Classmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classmates. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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