Examples of federate in a Sentence
Verb
The independent provinces were federated to form a nation.
in the years following World War II, the U.S. and the nations of western Europe made the decision to federate as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
The order covers federated IT systems and mission platforms across all services.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
Nobody, however, brought up the rise of decentralized and federated social-media platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon.
—PC Magazine, 1 Nov. 2025
Malaysia's story illuminates how diverse communities can federate while preserving distinct identities.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Key steps include: Building A Robust Data Ecosystem Determining the optimal data ecosystem architecture, whether centralized or federated, involves balancing coordination with domain-specific needs, governance and scalability to maximize data value.
—Tina Chakrabarty, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The nonprofit Ebell Club was chartered and federated on March 9, 1984, and since that time members have raised more than $300,000 for numerous philanthropies both within the community, as well as national organizations.
—Sharon Hlapcich, Orange County Register, 20 Feb. 2025
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Plus, there’s a social and federating function at play.
—Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
The order covers federated IT systems and mission platforms across all services.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
Nobody, however, brought up the rise of decentralized and federated social-media platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon.
—PC Magazine, 1 Nov. 2025
Malaysia's story illuminates how diverse communities can federate while preserving distinct identities.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Key steps include: Building A Robust Data Ecosystem Determining the optimal data ecosystem architecture, whether centralized or federated, involves balancing coordination with domain-specific needs, governance and scalability to maximize data value.
—Tina Chakrabarty, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The nonprofit Ebell Club was chartered and federated on March 9, 1984, and since that time members have raised more than $300,000 for numerous philanthropies both within the community, as well as national organizations.
—Sharon Hlapcich, Orange County Register, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Federate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/federate. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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