schoolmate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of schoolmate
Example Sentences
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De Vusser, a former schoolmate of Boone’s who has since been promoted to Bain’s chief executive, advised Lotus to focus its global growth efforts on Biscoff rather than its other products.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
“Where is Principal Dressback???” a schoolmate and friend, Karl Julian, titled a video on his YouTube channel.
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2024
Suspicion soon fell on 20-year-old Samuel Woodward, Bernstein’s former schoolmate at the Orange County School of the Arts, who had admitted to being with him in the park the night he disappeared.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024
She was a schoolmate of Shamima Begum, in Bethnal Green, east London, when, in December 2014, Sharmeena suddenly went missing.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2023
Because after your mother died, the schoolmate saw your sisters, by chance, while shopping for shoes at the Number One Department Store on Nanjing Dong Road.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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