How to Use association in a Sentence

association

noun
  • They have a long association with the school and have donated millions of dollars to it.
  • They denied having any association with terrorists.
  • According to the association, that would bring the cuts to a total of 9% over four years.
    Mark Kreidler, Fortune Well, 28 Nov. 2023
  • More than a dozen medical associations filed friend-of-the-court briefs in support of the agency.
    Abbie Vansickle and Pam Belluck, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • Alaska’s oil and gas trade association launched an ad campaign against the five-page bill.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2023
  • Case The holder of the debt, often the condo association, files a foreclosure suit against the owner.
    Ben Wieder and, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The association did not respond to questions from The Times about data to back up that argument.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Among those who have been raising this issue is Vega, who is a board member of the association.
    Alejandra Molina, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The actor has a long association with football as well.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The association is working on ways the New York City Council might amend the law to allow these smaller hosts to operate short-term rentals.
    Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2024
  • But how the products are banned varies by state, and just because there are bans doesn’t mean the products aren’t sold openly at convenience stores, the association said.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Byrd had a decades-long association and friendship with Manilow.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Scientists aren’t sure whether the birds maintain these associations when away from the feeder.
    Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The neighboring state of Tamil Nadu has not banned the film, but the state’s multiplex owners’ association withdrew the film from cinemas.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 May 2023
  • But the association promptly distanced itself from the event.
    Valeria Verbaro, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The association’s website says the idea came from a meeting of its Research Roundtable, a group that companies pay thousands of dollars to join.
    Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Veritas is one of the largest landlords in San Francisco and owns most of the buildings where tenant associations have declared a rent strike.
    Heather Knight Amy Osborne, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The association between communication and the throat chakra will play a major role in blue aura folks' lives—not just in terms of sticking up for themselves, but for the greater good.
    Aliza Pelto, Women's Health, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Among her accolades are an award from the local bar association for her pro bono work and guest spots on the podcasts Lawyer Stories and Addiction and the Family.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
  • Robertson had plans to spend the coming years taking up the task of documenting his nearly 50-year association with Scorsese, in some form.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Franklin Graham is president and CEO of the association.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Jan. 2024
  • At the same time, the number of houses for sale dropped by 20 percent, a mismatch of supply and demand the association says creates market forces that will only drive prices higher.
    Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The service will be available to neighborhood associations and non-for-profit agencies working in the city.
    Greg Garrison | , al, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The brewery also failed to get the support of the local neighborhood association, which serves the largely Black community of Park Place.
    Ben Finley, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The legal status of delta-8 THC falls under scrutiny due to its association with cannabis.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2023
  • Cheikh Awa Boye, president of the local fishing association, said survivors called home from Cape Verde after the rescue.
    Zane Irwin, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The association found that people like how easy fake trees are to set up, that no maintenance is required, and that the trees look consistent and pretty throughout the holiday season.
    Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Wilson’s main associations with the military came from his father, a veteran of World War II.
    Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Diageo responded by announcing the end of its association with the music mogul in June.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Maybelline Que, the association’s vice president, who has been a nurse at Valley Medical for a decade, said nurses are often yelled at, kicked, slapped, spit on or groped by patients.
    Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024

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