How to Use associate in a Sentence

associate

1 of 3 verb

• I no longer wish to be associated with people like him.
• She associates herself with some pretty strange people.
• That was a good time of life to be associated with the song and the holiday.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
• The boy started to associate shopping with a pleasant outcome, and the family was able to make longer and longer trips to the store.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
• The drug is associated with side effects like brain swelling and tiny bleeds in some patients.
  — Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2023
• But anyone who boarded the Titan was aware of the risks associated with the voyage.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
• By law, the fees are supposed to be tied to a credit card issuer's own costs associated with the late payment.
  — Scott Horsley, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
• The cold front associated with this system will bring showers and storms along the southern and eastern coasts.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 8 July 2023
• That’s partly because the woman was associated with the very same people who took the animals in the first place.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
• There usually has to be a je nais sais quoi associated with a show for it to be deemed successful.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 17 Jan. 2024
• The idea is to share the risk associated with major disasters so no company is left to bear it alone.
  — Rebecca Boone and Michael Kunzelman, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
• In the modern era, the name Tesla is most commonly associated with a brand of electric cars.
  — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 10 July 2023
• One of the license plates associated with it was registered to a dead person.
  — CBS News, 10 July 2023
• The salmon died while passing through a tunnel associated with the Iron Gate Dam, officials said.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
• Several women associated with the case who tried to stand up for Huskins were shot down by police as well.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
• The artist’s death has also raised concerns over the safety of artists in genres associated with contentious themes.
  — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2024
• In 2018, MacPherson was promoted to associate head coach in charge of defensive backs.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• After all, your employees are the ones that are going to be doing the work associated with your vision.
  — Christian Wiklund, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Of those brands, these 10 were associated with the highest rates of violations per store.
  — Emmanuel Martinez, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
• While this section of the Haggadah is associated with youngsters, might the children referred to here include people of all ages?
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
• The symbol has in recent years been associated with right-wing populism and embraced by pro-gun movements.
  — Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 21 Feb. 2024
• In the fall and not the spring, more birds drifted with the wind, and geomagnetic disturbances were associated with vagrancy.
  — Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
• All court proceedings associated with the case are closed to members of the public, U.S. Embassy officials and the media.
  — Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2023
• The number of firearms linked to crimes associated with the store is especially alarming, Brown said, noting that many shops see only a handful, if any, of their firearms linked to crimes.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• Carey has long been associated with the Christmas season.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023
• For many Americans, learning to drive is a rite of passage, a skill associated with freedom.
  — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
• The legend associated with that cannon has not endured so well.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
• So far there haven’t been any reports of illnesses associated with the recall.
  — Ashia Aubourg, SELF, 6 Oct. 2023
• The name of the college with which the group was associated was also not immediately available.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• The book bus will also take kids to literary landmarks, in an effort to associate positive memories to the stories.
  — Alecia Taylor, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023

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associate

2 of 3 noun

• She started as an associate at the law firm.
• Her associates respected her for her hard work.
• In 1992, Linda was hired as a law clerk at the firm where Craig was a junior associate.
  — Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
• The store associates replaced the pair and also gave her a sweatshirt, shirt and leggings.
  — Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
• That same year Whitehead was named a Globe associate artist.
  — Daniel E. Slotnik, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
• David has never been one to hide his disdain for Trump and his associates.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024
• Some of his associates have even floated the idea of breaking ties with the Vatican.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• Store associates, freed from the drudgery of scanning barcodes, would be close at hand to answer your questions.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2023
• By the time of his death, his associates said, he had been held for 300 days in solitary penalty cells for alleged infractions, adding to the stress on his system.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• An easy solution would have been to skim the shelves and keep an associate nearby who could quickly replenish items out of stock.
  — Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
• Be a good listener and a helpful associate, but don’t take the blame for someone else’s shortcomings.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
• Ellison, both a close business associate and a woman spurned, took a plea deal and is now a likely witness against him.
  — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• Clarence leaves behind a loving family and a sea of friends and associates that have changed the world and will continue to change the world for generations to come.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Aug. 2023
• Dalio did not mention the extensive on-the-record sourcing in the book, including some of Bridgewater’s most senior associates over the years.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2023
• This is when online shoppers connect with real, live sales associates through voice, text or video chat.
  — Jason Holland, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• Another associate of Griselda's, Jean-Luc, cuts the station's electricity to distract the guards and Charly is able to make it over the fence.
  — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
• Other bystanders, including a recording artist and Lydia High, one of Mizell’s business associates, heard the shots in the control room.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2024
• The Rams have been increasing their outreach to high school coaches and athletes through Ghalee Wadood, the Rams’ associate manager for high school football.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• At each stop, associates affixed stickers to the bottle and took pictures of it with the local team at notable landmarks around each location.
  — Terry Wagner, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• After extending his own rule beyond the two-term norm, Xi last year promoted a new economic team run by a pair of his long-time associates.
  — Bloomberg.com, 3 Jan. 2024
• In 1992, John Cleaveland Realty hired Glasson’s friend as a sales associate.
  — Robert Draper, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• But the Guardians might want a younger manager such as Rangers associate manager Will Venable to work closely with the analytics staff.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
• Virgo August 23-September 22 A longtime associate of yours could introduce you to the rest of their circle very soon.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2023
• The lawmaker and Proffitt remain close friends and business associates.
  — Brian Slodysko, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
• The assignment doesn’t cast much dread on the proceedings, even after a nosy associate (Adam Nagaitis) issues a warning to Wilson that his new amigos have some ties to the target.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
• Hudie worked for five years to earn an associate degree in education, the outlet reported.
  — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023
• Like le Carré, Forsyth was an associate of MI6 (as a longtime unpaid informant).
  — Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
• The human brain associates warm colors —such as red, orange, and yellow— with a range of feelings, including passion, comfort, anger, and power.
  — Condé Nast, Vogue, 21 June 2023
• Documents containing the names of some of his associates are being publicly released.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 4 Jan. 2024
• The prosecutors’ star witness was a kindergarten teacher and former associate of the group, Johannes D., 30, who confirmed that Lina E. had played a leadership role.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023

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associate

3 of 3 adjective

• He's an associate member of the club but he hopes to become a full member soon.
• She was promoted from assistant editor to associate editor and may soon be promoted to senior editor.
• Bucs associate head coach Fredric Bonal will take over the team.
  — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
• Travis Hall is the associate news editor for Field & Stream.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 23 Nov. 2023
• Frank, who resigned from the board of directors in 1990 but remained an associate pastor, was the first to go.
  — Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2023
• Maile has since accepted a job at Boise State as an associate head coach and defensive line coach.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
• As a result of the resignation, associate coach Pascal Vincent will take over as head coach for the Blue Jackets.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
• Miami has tapped Indiana associate head coach Glenn Box to take over the program.
  — Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 9 May 2023
• But my first office role was as an associate fashion writer at Glamour.
  — Claire Stern, ELLE, 11 July 2023
• In the past five years, the percentage of women who have served as associate editors of the publication has risen to 19 percent from 5 percent, Ramirez Cortés says.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2023
• Soho Theatre, where Brace was an associate director, revealed the sad news in a statement on Tuesday.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
• At the end of the two-year program, the participants will be qualified to apply for an associate teacher Permit and will be prepared for full-time work with children.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
• Merritt is also listed on his USF bio as the associate head coach and run game coordinator.
  — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
• In addition, SwimSwam reported Michael Camper, who spent the past five seasons as associate head coach, has resigned.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2023
• This experience led him to the discovery that directors only had the right to view the first rough cut and express their improvements to the associate producer.
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 27 Nov. 2023
• Manan Rawat, who has worked on several films as an associate director for the studio, will serve as co-director.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Mar. 2023
• Before serving as an AM news editor, Morgan held the role of associate news editor.
  — Morgan M. Evans, Peoplemag, 22 July 2023
• In 1991, McLaughlin took a new position as the associate editor of the Globe’s editorial page.
  — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
• For example, in Dobbs, Thomas, as the senior associate justice in the majority, assigned the opinion to Alito.
  — Jeffrey Toobin, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
• Gabriel Hays is an associate editor for Fox News Digital.
  — Gabriel Hays, Fox News, 2 June 2023
• Bailee Hill is an associate editor with Fox News Digital.
  — Bailee Hill, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2023
• Roman’s history with Jim Harbaugh stretches to his coaching days at Stanford, where Roman served as an associate head coach.
  — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• Tiffany Pereira, an associate research scientist at the institute, said the lake’s size now can be beneficial to local flora and fauna.
  — Ty O'Neil, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2024
• Mundt previously held the role of associate consultant at Delta Capita for three months between January and March 2022.
  — Adam England, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
• Some models, for example, associate doctors with men and nurses with women.
  — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
• The chapter was suspended for hazing new members, Lisa Combs, associate vice president for engagement, told SigEp alumni in an email.
  — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
• Medina High School has named a new associate principal, pending approval by the Board of Education.
  — Alyssa Alfano, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
• Thirty-four percent of Black adults have associate degrees or higher, compared with 50% of white adults, according to the Lumina Foundation.
  — Jon Marcus, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023
• This interior of the lunch box is easy to wipe clean, says Kaity Velez, Parents’ associate editorial director of special projects.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 31 July 2023
• Benjamin Hanna, who has been serving as associate artistic director, will take the helm in July after Allen's June retirement.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 5 May 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024