Collocations withcolleague

These are words often used in combination withcolleague.

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dear colleague
We will send this information in a "dear colleague" letter.
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distinguished colleague
That was a distinguished colleague, who has gone.
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experienced colleague
In practice, this is likely to mean that they would undertake the sort of teaching duties that teaching assistants would undertake under the close supervision of a more experienced colleague.
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female colleague
An older female colleague alerted me to this fact at the start of my scientific career many years ago.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
junior colleague
How does this compare with what his junior colleague has said—that we should brush our teeth in the dark?
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male colleague
I recall standing with a handsome male colleague on a busy street corner.
From theCambridge English Corpus
parliamentary colleague
I pay justifiable homage first to my parliamentary colleague, who was constantly amiable and co-operative.
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professional colleague
The case might relate to a professional colleague or someone in the same family.
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senior colleague
Disclosure must be to an appropriate person, such as a senior colleague or police officer, and not to the press.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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