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Recent Examples of association Fox News Digital has reached out to the alumni association and reps for Hanks for comment. Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025 This body is now written into the club’s articles of association, in theory reducing the chance of problems. Simon Hughes, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025 However, most associations don’t divulge disciplinary actions to the entire HOA community and keep enforcement activities confidential. Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025 The American Psychiatric Association (APA) and other major medical associations do not consider being transgender a mental illness and recognize transgender and gender diverse identities as normal variations in human expression. Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for association
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Noun
  • The band’s foundation was built on the joint songwriting of Davies and Hodgson, who sang lead on most of Supertramp’s hits, but their partnership was beginning to dissolve by the early 1980s.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But Somaiya left the startup after just a few months after the partnership unraveled.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Quintana said some organizations and companies backed out of sponsorships or being part of the march this year.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Neither was in the organization before late May.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To this end, the Kansas City Election Board has mostly relied on existing relationships with schools, churches and libraries.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Centene and the Neidorffs’ contributions didn’t stop in 2019, nor did their business relationship with the state of California.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And the set, a collaboration between interior designer Madelynn Hudson and florist Rana Kim, will transport guests from TriBeCa to the verdant Highlands mountains.
    Ari Stark, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The play builds on the decades-long collaboration between Shawn and Gregory, who first worked on Shawn’s play Our Late Night in 1975 and then went on to work on the films My Dinner with Andre, Vanya on 42nd Street and a filmed adaptation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Trump’s attempts to strongarm private companies such as tech giants, a string of law firms, and media companies, as well as pressuring higher education institutions, have created an unorthodox playbook that misaligns with conservatives’ traditional fears of government overreach.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
  • With eight Pulitzer Prizes and reforms sparked in state and local governments, businesses, institutions and more, our reporting ensures that the public interest comes first.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As DeLa describes it, it’s been a cosmic kinship ever since.
    Evan Ross Katz, Them., 4 Sep. 2025
  • Those deeds, however, are based on kinship ties, posing a problem for 38-year-old Star (Sarah Karei), an unmarried woman whose parentage is unknown.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The guest list for the funeral includes members of the royal family, the Duchess’ family, friends and representatives from her charities and regimental affiliations.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • No one – young, old, urban, rural, gun owner or not, with any political affiliation – wants to lose a loved one to suicide.
    Emmy Betz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The test came a week after Kim visited the research institute that developed the engine, which North Korea said will be used for future intercontinental ballistic missiles, including a system called Hwasong-20.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Nvidia said in a post dating to 2013 or later that a Chinese police institute used its chips for surveillance technology research.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Association.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/association. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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