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Discover LudwigThe phrase "old colleague" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to refer to someone who used to work with the speaker in the past, implying that they may no longer work together. Example: "I ran into an old colleague at the grocery store yesterday. We used to work together at our previous job."
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-- an old colleague of Mr. Cheney's.
My old colleague, the broadcaster Colin Bell, certainly believes so.
I am delighted to see Dr. Ekman again, an old colleague and friend, and Dr. Hopkins.
After a day of reporting I met an old colleague for dinner.
"Cordwood can be very forgiving," he said, quoting an old colleague.
(Conflict of interest alert; Mr Harford is an old colleague and endorsed my last tome.
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THE other night, I went to a party with a 22-year-old colleague.
"Tell her you've been trained, it's a job now," Nickson Haruna, an 18-year-old colleague, advised Jusson.
Now a 36-year-old colleague of President Vladimir V. Putin is getting his turn to steer.
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