coworker
Americannoun
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coworkers
plural
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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At the urging of a coworker, he finally visited an urgent care facility and, upon arrival, was told that he immediately needed to go to an emergency room.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Unfortunately, one of the people who paid the ultimate price in this feud is Anna’s coworker, whom she couldn’t leave out of her personal problems.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
I asked my coworker if I could borrow a book I’d seen on her desk, and she happily lent it to me.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
That Russell was a beloved son, brother, friend and coworker comes through fiercely in Patricia E. Gillespie’s film, as does the utterly bewildered state in which Russell’s action left his family, friends and colleagues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
At eleven, my coworker Quines and I are checking the table, making sure all the napkins are perfectly folded, all the silverware perpendicular to the table edge, the flowers arranged just right.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
Some coworkers quit, and two colleagues related by marriage became estranged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
They said she was furious at coworkers, planning to quit her job and channeling that rage into her driving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Alvarez's coworkers reassure her that annual visitors to the resort town will be back next year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
"We extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends, coworkers, and all those whose lives she touched."
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
All afternoon, aunts and uncles, cousins, coworkers of my parents, neighbors, teammates, coaches, and friends wanted my autograph or to pose for selfies with me.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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