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as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
if you're trying to give up drinking, your cohorts shouldn't be confirmed party animals
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as in accomplice
one associated with another in wrongdoing
she and her cohorts were arrested for shoplifting
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Recent Examples of cohort
Her award-winning first book, Dreamers, showed how the unmet aspirations of the world’s largest cohort of young people reflect the failures of globalization.
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Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, a Coffee Meets Bagel report found that 37 percent of women across the Gen Z, millennial and Gen X age cohorts would not consider dating someone with different political views.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Participants move through drug court’s four phases as a cohort, and case managers attend hearings.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
The median gains for those in that cohort who sold over roughly the past year were between 29% and 45%, according to the Brown Harris report.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
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Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, a Coffee Meets Bagel report found that 37 percent of women across the Gen Z, millennial and Gen X age cohorts would not consider dating someone with different political views.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Participants move through drug court’s four phases as a cohort, and case managers attend hearings.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
The median gains for those in that cohort who sold over roughly the past year were between 29% and 45%, according to the Brown Harris report.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohort
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But last week, the company was declared a transnational criminal organization by United States authorities, and Chen was charged in absentia in New York with money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy, along with several associates.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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But the diver’s eye view was even more dramatic, said one of the surveyor divers and co-authors, Richard Karp, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Miami’s Cooperative Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences with NOAA’s coral program.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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After ambushing Fuller at her mansion, Teddy and his accomplice/cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) knock her unconscious with a tranquilizer and load her into the backseat of her own car.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Police are still searching for the loot taken from the museum in last weekend’s brazen daytime theft, as well as for other accomplices.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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That one person is supposed to deliver a company’s entire Net Zero transition, wrangle data from hundreds of suppliers, meet evolving regulations, educate colleagues, and somehow keep everyone motivated.—
Gus Bartholomew,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
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While that included Jimmy Kimmel’s controversial suspension in September, more relevant was CBS’ surprise decision this summer to cancel The Late Show, which is hosted by Stewart’s old colleague Stephen Colbert.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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Franzén believes, as do some of his peers, that EQT’s industry is about to go through a wave of consolidation.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Steven Spielberg provides forthright commentary, as do Brian De Palma, Spike Lee, Ari Aster, and a host of other Hollywood peers.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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Byman co-authored the study with Riley McCabe, an associate fellow in the same program.—
NPR,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, the mistrust of immigration enforcement can be dangerous for both suspects and officers, said Johnson, the senior fellow at the Council on Criminal Justice.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Got friends coming over for the game this weekend and there's so much to do?—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
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In February, Pearce was convicted of fatally drugging model Christy Giles and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola with fentanyl after a party in November 2021.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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A lot of it was about the rhythm and timing of the buddy comedy-esque scenes at times.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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What’s sorely missing, though, is a sense of danger in what is essentially a buddy movie with a lot of FX-heavy set pieces.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, Tyra Banks — more than three decades after her original, unrelated role in Fresh Prince — plays a former college classmate with a big personality, with whom Viv is reluctantly reunited.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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Their classmates are also assigned to be leaders of a handful of other groups.—
Kaleb Demerew,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Cohort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohort. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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