affiliate 1 of 2

as in chapter
a local unit of an organization our local Humane Society is an affiliate of a national organization

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verb

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Recent Examples of affiliate
Verb
Ethan Pritchard’s father Earl Pritchard told ABC affiliate WFTV that his son was shot in the back of the head and is in stable condition. Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025 And there is some disagreement among DSA members about the utility of the shoot-the-moon national priorities that get endorsed at the group’s conventions, if local affiliates don’t endorse them. David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025 So far this year, the Better Business Bureau has received 644 reports about Lending Union and its regional affiliates, according to the group's Scam Tracker. Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025 Gomber had an impressive debut with the Cubs' Triple-A affiliate, pitching five shutout innings while allowing just two hits and one walk with five strikeouts. Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for affiliate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affiliate
Noun
  • Watch Thelma on Hulu Kinds of Kindness Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, this 2024 dark dramedy anthology is told across three loosely interwoven chapters, each exploring characters who take extraordinary measures to demonstrate their love to someone else.
    Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • At that point, a new Border War chapter was all but complete, and this one came with huge moments, plot twists, momentum swings, the works.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Both assignments solidified McArthur's place in NASA history as the last astronaut to physically interface with Hubble, and one of the first to steer the space agency into an era of commercial spaceflight.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • There are entire agencies dedicated solely to helping pharmaceutical companies interface with their customers and stakeholders.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • These rooms include the trash compactor, Princess Leia’s prison cell and the tractor beam control room from A New Hope, and Emperor Palpatine’s throne room as seen in Return of the Jedi.
    Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This scaffold contains microscopic channels filled with spinal neural progenitor cells, or sNPCs.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, with a luxury experience also comes a luxurious price tag and the cost of tickets won’t be the kind of budget fares people most associate with bus travel.
    Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Consuming 400 grams of dairy daily was associated with a 2% increase in risk.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rowling and longtime confederates Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts are exec producing, so she is expected to be involved in the decision-making on the series.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Authorities are accusing Antonio Hernandez and confederates Ivan Murillo-Hernandez and Alexis Garcia Martinez of ripping off mail from unsuspecting venues with the help of four juveniles, whose names were not released.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Verb
  • Once a 19th-century military outpost, Fort Robinson now combines historic sites with miles of hiking and horseback trails.
    Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • By combining co-creation, creator signals, and data systems, the company has built an engine for capturing information at scale and acting on it faster than rivals.
    Jamie Gutfreund, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Richard Hughes’ reputation is at an all-time high, given the success of his negotiations with Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk last season, allied with his successful pursuits of Wirtz, Isak, Hugo Ekitike, et al.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The alliance follows a similar pandemic playbook in 2020, when California allied with other states like Nevada and Colorado via the Western States Pact to coordinate a state-level economic response to COVID restrictions.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the flurry of legal agreements in the past month has made clear, institutions of higher education are not going to hang together in a unified defense against the government’s demands.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Given all these hazards, the broader market hung together OK.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Affiliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affiliate. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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