coworker
Americannoun
Usage
What does coworker mean? A coworker is your fellow employee, especially a person you work closely with. The words worker and coworker both refer to paid employees. Even if you work closely with your fellow students or volunteers, you would not call them your coworkers. Example: I spent most of my first day meeting my coworkers who work in the same department.
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Another of Adobe’s offerings is an AI agent called Adobe CX Enterprise Coworker, which the company says can accomplish tasks independently.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
One offering, CX Enterprise Coworker, can automatically execute tasks and coordinate multiple AI agents based on an enterprise’s business goals.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
For example, even though it already has its own Agent Mode, Microsoft decided to co-develop Copilot Coworker with Anthropic and embed it into Copilot at no extra cost to keep those customer relationships.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
And it’s not just holiday gifts we’re talking about: Sites like DrawNames and Elfster also promote year-round exchanges—National Coworker Day, Easter, Halloween, Eid al-Fitr, to name a few.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2022
Some Apple corporate employees have donated to The Coworker Solidarity Fund, a nonprofit that has helped employees from Apple and Netflix who have spoken up to criticize the companies.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022
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