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as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
if you're trying to give up drinking, your cohorts shouldn't be confirmed party animals
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as in accomplice
one associated with another in wrongdoing
she and her cohorts were arrested for shoplifting
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Recent Examples of cohort
But more than a few of the pandemic's gray-pride cohort have returned to a life of foils, ammonia, and root touchups.
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Valerie Monroe, Allure, 25 Mar. 2026
The women, ranging in age from their 30s to 50s, make up the second cohort of a retreat series from Fight Co.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
That means there’s an entire cohort of young and/or new Maple Leaf fans who are in uncharted territory here.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
While admissions for the incoming fall cohort are still being finalized, Harvard has only become more competitive over the years.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
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Valerie Monroe, Allure, 25 Mar. 2026
The women, ranging in age from their 30s to 50s, make up the second cohort of a retreat series from Fight Co.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
That means there’s an entire cohort of young and/or new Maple Leaf fans who are in uncharted territory here.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
While admissions for the incoming fall cohort are still being finalized, Harvard has only become more competitive over the years.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohort
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In January, Yemen’s Interior Ministry re-upped a request to its Emirati counterpart to apprehend Al-Maqtari and his associates.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The chatter around streaming bots grew noticeably louder in August 2025, when a prison phone call between Young Thug and an unidentified associate leaked online.—
Kyle Eustice,
VIBE.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Pritzker did not know at the time of the photo-op that McMiller and his accomplices would soon be facing first-degree murder charges.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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After freeing a man who was convicted in a pizza delivery driver’s slaying, the state’s Parole Board has rejected releasing an accomplice who fatally stabbed the food courier.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Randolph’s wife and daughter were in the courtroom gallery throughout the trial with other relatives and the sergeant’s former colleagues.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 30,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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As my colleague Sam McDowell deftly summed up last week, Royals outfielders combined in 2025 to finish last in on-base percentage, 29th in OPS (on-base plus slugging), 29th in home runs and 30th in runs.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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The directors’ lab will support filmmakers preparing their first features, while the writers’ lab will offer workshops, table reads, peer mentorship and one-on-one consultations to help emerging screenwriters refine their scripts.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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Yet Illinois’ dominant insurer, along with many of its peers, continues to behave as though steep increases are unavoidable.—
Barbara Hoare,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Attacks on civilian infrastructure in Iran could also worsen food shortages and price increases, Michael Werz, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, told ABC News.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The fallout from that ordeal, in addition to being diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus, led to Barber pulling out of a main event fight against fellow Coloradan Rose Namajunas at Ball Arena that July.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Sagittarius November 22 – December 21 Adventure finds you through familiar friends.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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The new summer blockbuster will follow Supergirl's three-day mission to obtain a cure for her superdog and friend, Krypto, who is poisoned by villainous alien Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts).—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Click, click—Will takes a snapshot of her with his phone and immediately sends it to his buddy at the TV channel Polsat.—
Agnieszka Szpila,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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These pivotal memories of Clark and Floyd’s buddy romance amount to another darkly comic portrait of a nontoxic male friendship — complete with nontraditional definitions of manhood that place meaningful friendships over monolithic strength — all built on a foundation of lies and insecurities.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
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Two teenage boys who used artificial intelligence to create fake nude photos of their classmates at a tony private school in Pennsylvania received probation Wednesday after dozens of victims described the images’ traumatizing effect on them.—
Mark Scolforo,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Now the series, which stars Owen Cooper as a young teenager arrested for the murder of a female classmate, has picked up 12 BAFTA nominations, including for Cooper, who will go head-to-head in the supporting actor category with co-star Ashley Walters.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Cohort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohort. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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