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.
• They have been associated with gods as well as virtues such as faith.
  — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
• That said, a lot of people associate key lime pie with warm weather.
  — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
• Mills and his team think years of habit train the brain to associate the taste and smell of coffee with relief.
  — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
• Consist good sleep hygiene trains your brain to associate certain cues with rest.
  — Sharon Brandwein, USA Today, 19 June 2026
• Clark looked up the men Jones had been associated with and, one by one, ruled them out.
  — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 5 June 2026
• By adding these up, the researchers were able to associate these scores with depression risk.
  — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
• That was a good time of life to be associated with the song and the holiday.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
• People begin to associate me with snuff.
  — Isa Mazzei, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
• No politician will want to be associated with a team that is now toxic.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025
• There’s still risks associated with the car.
  — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
• Not to mention, there’s a heavy cost associated with both.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
• The drug is associated with side effects like brain swelling and tiny bleeds in some patients.
  — Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2023
• This nature name is for the bird most widely associated with peace.
  — Sarah Scott, Parents, 10 Apr. 2026
• Some of Bateman’s wives no longer associate with him, while others remain in touch.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
• Part of the answer lies in who marketing has come to be associated with.
  — Miranda Shanahan, Time, 10 July 2026
• Even after my series ran, some of these people still continued to associate with him.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
• First, the fruit flies had been trained to associate a certain concentration of an odor with an electric shock.
  — New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025
• French wine has long been associated with shorthand.
  — Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
• Many people associate rye with sharp spice, heavy pepper notes, or cocktails that are often a little too dry.
  — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
• 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
• That can help with weight loss, which is associated with reducing hot flashes and night sweats.
  — ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
• There are more than 100 genes associated with it.
  — Juliana Kim, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025
• In most cases, the dog is simply fetching the toy whose appearance it has been trained to associate with the sound of the name.
  — New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
• The couple’s servants, and anyone who chose to associate with them, were also ordered to move.
  — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 9 July 2026
• But some academics continued to associate with him, and new figures joined his network.
  — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
• The gear details associated with this record are not listed.
  — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
• Not just in terms of total concepts, but the language associated with them.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
• There are risks associated with the plunge into AI as well.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 June 2026

associate

2 of 3 noun

• She started as an associate at the law firm.
• Her associates respected her for her hard work.
• Vince has his skeevy associates.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 7 Sep. 2025
• Smith starting as a front of store associate while in high school.
  — Steve Lackmeyer, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
• One of his associates threatened to set fire to her car.
  — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
• Last summer, close associates joined the club for the next phase.
  — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 21 May 2026
• These associates would then be winnowed out over time.
  — Atta Tarki, Harvard Business Review, 2 Oct. 2025
• Our associates are there to help as needed.
  — Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• Ask questions and be kind to the associates.
  — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
• To have one of Thomas’ associates on the outside kill the two.
  — Sydney Pereira, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
• Ranadive and his associates denied those claims.
  — Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
• If an associate needs to leave early to pick up their child from school, support them.
  — Nancy Padberg, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• If there is no timestamp, ask an associate when the most recent batch was set out.
  — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 30 June 2026
• In a law firm, don’t ask the rainmaker to train the associates.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
• That could mean more hiring or more hours for current associates.
  — Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
• In stores, sales associates will have details on hand to talk consumers through.
  — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 6 May 2026
• Horton, along with his three associates, have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
  — Alexandra Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
• Mitchell Moon, an artist and sales associate who works with Nazmiyal, agrees.
  — Sandra Guzman, USA Today, 4 May 2026
• The associate handed each worker a stack of cash.
  — ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
• There's an associate with a handheld device who will build you a dressing room.
  — Ayesha Javed, Time, 11 Jan. 2026
• Some associate this kind of delivery with a lack of passion.
  — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 6 Apr. 2026
• He is set to receive his associate's degree later this year.
  — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
• Today, Leonard and his associates seemed to have buried the hatchet.
  — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
• Groff was one of Epstein’s associates.
  — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
• Some of his associates back home have gotten into trouble.
  — Lindita Cela, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
• Emanuel is a longtime investor and associate of Musk.
  — Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
• My co-workers know me as the news associate that can fold a serious origami crane.
  — Cj Haddad, CNBC, 29 May 2026
• The associate re-rung my order a different way and gave me a small discount.
  — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
• Your associate applies the key again to decrypt the message.
  — PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
• My associates will be entering schools and start killing people.
  — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2026

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.
• He was listed as the associate head coach.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
• Bucs associate head coach Fredric Bonal will take over the team.
  — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
• Owen spent the last six seasons as associate head coach with the Rebels.
  — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
• But those are the only symptoms that have proven to be associate with menopause.
  — Torie Bosch, STAT, 23 May 2026
• Irvine’s wife is an associate producer on the film.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025
• So much of our guild is the associate directors and stage managers.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026
• Lily Whear designed our art [and was an associate producer for this episode].
  — Deborah Unger, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2025
• As an associate shopping editor, part of my job is to keep an eye on the best sales and deals on the internet.
  — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
• But my first office role was as an associate fashion writer at Glamour.
  — Claire Stern, ELLE, 11 July 2023
• Two associate deans who were also contacted did not respond.
  — Jessica Priest, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
• Walz stepped into the role of associate dean, according to A-State.
  — Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 8 May 2026
• Steele at the time was 35 years old and the associate head coach at Xavier under Chris Mack.
  — Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• Lexi Kroll serves as associate producer.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
• 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
• Annabelle Allen is the associate producer.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
• Agnes Lee helped cast the movie and scout locations from Seoul as an associate producer for the film.
  — Eunice Yoon, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
• My approach is always look at it from a guest perspective and look at it from an associate perspective who’s just started their job.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
• Then associate head coach Lisa Fernandez emailed Berry.
  — Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
• Stephens was on Izzo's staff for 19 seasons, including the last decade as an associate head coach.
  — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
• Nick Smith, who played for Crutchfield and now serves as his associate head coach, agrees that the Sharks look for smart players.
  — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
• Some models, for example, associate doctors with men and nurses with women.
  — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
• Lara Sorokanich is an associate editor for the magazine.
  — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
• Kerr felt that when Brown joined Golden State in 2016 as associate head coach.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026
• Xfinity is the event's associate sponsor.
  — Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
• His other son, Jimmy, is also on the VCU staff as an associate head coach.
  — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
• Being Running Fence’s associate project director was my first formal job in the arts.
  — Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
• Jim Hance, an associate right of way agent in acquisitions at Caltrans, came in from Petaluma.
  — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
• Zara Glaze is associate producer.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025