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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
Whitney warns that the situation is poised to worsen, with impending wage garnishment for seriously delinquent student-loan debt set to further squeeze this cohort.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
This week in Cannes, Azimut’s popular Magellano series is being updated and upgraded for a new cohort of yacht owners.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Against that is the lack of growth in jobs from the Hispanic cohort.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
And no longevity-claiming therapy is considered fruitful without sound research that confirms efficacy after following a diverse cohort of humans for decades to see if the therapy is associated with extended life or staving off chronic disease.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Sep. 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
This week in Cannes, Azimut’s popular Magellano series is being updated and upgraded for a new cohort of yacht owners.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Against that is the lack of growth in jobs from the Hispanic cohort.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
And no longevity-claiming therapy is considered fruitful without sound research that confirms efficacy after following a diverse cohort of humans for decades to see if the therapy is associated with extended life or staving off chronic disease.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohort
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So far this decade — according to Brian McNoldy, a senior research associate at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science — the number of days that lows failed to dip below 80 degrees has already doubled compared to the 2000’s.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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But by mistake, Trey’s friend Kyle – the boy of King’s longtime associate Paul (Jeffrey Wright) – is the one being held, and King works with the police to pay the culprits and get the kid back.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The footage shows a state official and two accomplices attempting to evict members of the indigenous Chuschagasta community from their land in northern Argentina.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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His staff and accomplices transported girls from Manhattan, Palm Beach and all over the world to his various homes from the early 1990s until his indictment in 2019.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Even some of Barrett’s liberal colleagues have said the Constitution and the rule of law could be at risk.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Wollweber and his colleagues wanted to see if the Lokiarchaea’s tubulin-like proteins behaved like the eukaryotic versions.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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Friends of mine received unwanted explicit snaps from male peers, some were contacted by complete strangers, and many were bullied on the platform.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
12 Sep. 2025
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Carman Chan, founder of Click Ventures, a single-family office, similarly noted that many of her family office peers who set up businesses in Singapore are relocating back to Hong Kong.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement One policy area that may be a priority under Anutin, says Napon Jatusripitak, a visiting fellow and acting coordinator of the Thailand Studies Programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, is cannabis regulation.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Richard Lorren Jolly is a senior fellow with the Civil Justice Research Initiative.—
Richard Lorren Jolly,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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Lance Suaste, a junior at the university, was walking past the nearby Mountain Run apartments, having just been dropped off after spending the day at a friend’s house.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The conflict between Israel and Palestine was dividing friends, sparking tensions, and fueling rising acts of hostility.—
Rchin Bari,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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That leaves Vivas, who cofounded an earlier startup with AppLovin’s CEO Adam Foroughi and invested early in his buddy’s latest venture, as one of three billionaires from the company on this year’s list (all of them newcomers).—
Thomas Gallagher,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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This buddy comedy is perfect for dinosaur fans and tells an inspirational tale about friendship.—
Sydni Ellis,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Sitting outside the stadium, eating lunch with her classmates, J’Averi Yates, a student at Hogan Prep Elementary, had her teeth cleaned and said the best part was getting to see the football stadium.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Holding a Camera, Holding Dignity This truth came back to me recently in a conversation with my friend Daniel Levin, an Associate Professor of Photography at Ohio’s Cuyahoga Community College and my former classmate at RIT.—
Bill Schiffmiller,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Cohort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohort. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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