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as in accomplice
one associated with another in wrongdoing
the police were able to track down his confederates once the thief started talking
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as in supporter
someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support
relied on her confederates in the medical community for support
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as in to cooperate
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
the nations confederated in order to lower international trade barriers
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as in allied
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Recent Examples of confederate
Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
The series somewhat downplays the real-life danger: In the show, men in a truck wagging a confederate flag egg Ali’s lodge.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Lewis said the thieves are sometimes tipped off to valuable shipments by confederates working at warehouses or trucking companies.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Mark Sherman, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024
The Kinfolk app’s launch comes as fierce debate rages about the monuments staring down at us from city centers: those that pay tribute to confederate leaders, slave owners, or other tarnished once-heroes.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 21 Nov. 2022
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Noun
More than 2,000 confederate symbols remain across the country, and some have even been restored including those Virginia schools reclaiming their names.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
The series somewhat downplays the real-life danger: In the show, men in a truck wagging a confederate flag egg Ali’s lodge.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
Verb
Yet, the real participants were surrounded by confederates, or actors, who deliberately gave incorrect answers.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Lewis said the thieves are sometimes tipped off to valuable shipments by confederates working at warehouses or trucking companies.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
After Congress passed an amnesty for most of the former confederates the measure targeted in 1872, the provision fell into disuse until dozens of suits were filed to keep Trump off the ballot this year.
—Mark Sherman, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024
The Kinfolk app’s launch comes as fierce debate rages about the monuments staring down at us from city centers: those that pay tribute to confederate leaders, slave owners, or other tarnished once-heroes.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 21 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confederate
Noun
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After ambushing Fuller at her mansion, Teddy and his accomplice/cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) knock her unconscious with a tranquilizer and load her into the backseat of her own car.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Police are still searching for the loot taken from the museum in last weekend’s brazen daytime theft, as well as for other accomplices.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Favorability Ratings Reveal Polarized Electorate All three candidates face underwater favorability ratings, though Mamdani’s supporters remain the most energized.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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At last weekend’s general assembly of Barcelona club members, Laporta tried to thread a delicate path when defending the plan to play a domestic game over 4,500 miles away, knowing that Tebas is not exactly popular with his team’s supporters.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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However, officials said Ashlee Buzzard has not cooperated in the investigation and has not provided an explanation for her daughter's whereabouts.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Washington is taking it seriously, and Seoul will review how to cooperate with its ally on the issue.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Xi will not stop China’s use of widespread economic subsidies or alter the other policies that have flooded American and allied markets with its goods.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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However, Dagalo’s RSF, along with its allied Arab militias, has been accused by the United States of committing genocide during the ongoing civil war.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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The tariff deal finalized this week between Washington and Seoul is likely to further connect the allies' economies.—
Se Eun Gong,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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Trans performers and allies have decried the casting of cis men in trans roles, in particular.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Other than a handful of defections, Schumer has kept his party mostly united during the painful funding lapse.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Quantum gravity, the latest framework uniting relativity and quantum mechanics, proposes that even space and time are not fundamental.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Musk, whose partisan outbursts reportedly cost Tesla one million sales, remains the world’s wealthiest person, and could become the first-ever trillionaire.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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The partisan divisions are 28% Democrats, 31% Republicans and 41% independents or something else.—
Emily Guskin,
ABC News,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As Koestler observes, crying is a signal not just of surrender but of neediness, designed to elicit succor and comfort from sympathizers.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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McCarthy and his cronies engineered a hysteria over left-wing ideologies and their sympathizers, encouraging tactics like loyalty oaths and provoking paranoia over a suggestion that communist spies were omnipresent in America.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Confederate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confederate. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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