as in to cooperate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end
a trio of museums collaborated to mount this once-in-a-lifetime exhibit of van Gogh's major portraits
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Withholding Opportunities Rather Than Sharing Them In environments where leadership positions are scarce, women may feel pressured to compete with one another rather than collaborate.
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Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Newsom has maintained that the reason for this executive order is to increase state workers’ opportunities to collaborate, mentor younger employees and improve the public’s trust in government.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
Once completed, the Concord facility plans to collaborate with the North Carolina Food Innovation Lab on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.
—Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
Weiss and Bilton had grown fond of each other while collaborating on numerous documentary projects for Netflix that never saw the light of day.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 11 June 2026
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Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Newsom has maintained that the reason for this executive order is to increase state workers’ opportunities to collaborate, mentor younger employees and improve the public’s trust in government.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
Once completed, the Concord facility plans to collaborate with the North Carolina Food Innovation Lab on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.
—Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
Weiss and Bilton had grown fond of each other while collaborating on numerous documentary projects for Netflix that never saw the light of day.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 11 June 2026
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The German government acknowledged the companies’ inability to cooperate on the jet but, speaking at the Berlin Air Show this week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz struck an optimistic tone, looking ahead to what the countries could still achieve with the rest of the FCAS project.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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During a September 2025 exercise, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency held a triage challenge to test the abilities of drones to cooperate with humans in responding to casualties.—
Zita Ballinger Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Outside the stadium, protesters clashed over Iran’s oppressive regime and its place in the tournament as players vowed to rise above politics and unite Iranians through soccer.—
Iliana Limón Romero,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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With the family seemingly united on this front, all eyes now turn to whether the court will allow Nick to use the trust.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
15 June 2026
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“Collaborate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collaborate. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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