affiliates 1 of 2

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

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affiliates

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verb

present tense third-person singular of affiliate

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Recent Examples of affiliates
Noun
Missouri Workers Center and affiliates The Missouri Workers Center — and its affiliated groups Missouri Workers Power and Stand Up KC — are the main opponents to the city’s plan to help fund the stadium project. Dylan Lysen july 29, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026 Earlier this month, the 48-year-old responded to Yayo’s comments during his appearance on The Breakfast Club, highlighting Yayo and other G-Unit affiliates’ seeming reliance on 50 Cent for their livelihood. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 28 July 2026 Smith explains that the affiliation structure was intentionally designed to provide organizations with access to broader operational resources while allowing affiliates to maintain their own leadership, identity, and local programming. Lyssanoel Frater, Ascend Agency, 28 July 2026 By the end of 2025 the firm and its affiliates ran or advised on around $700 billion. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Neither Costco Wholesale Corporation nor its affiliates are responsible for use of the card without your permission. New Atlas, 23 July 2026 Additionally, local fire department ladders only reached a height of 100 feet, according to reporting by local outlet WGN9 and ABC affiliates ABC7 and WISN. Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026 Planned Parenthood is a national network of nonprofit affiliates, including seven in California. Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 21 July 2026 The total represents national media rights, league sponsorships, and shared revenue and royalties from the league’s various affiliates and subsidiaries, such as NFL Properties, NFL International and NFL Enterprises. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026
Verb
The incident occurred on Saturday evening, May 23, at the Driftwood Grill in Summerton, NBC affiliates WIS and WYFF, Fox affiliate WJW, CBS affiliate WLTX and The Post and Courier reported. David Chiu, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affiliates
Noun
  • In lab experiments, cells with the Neanderthal receptor grew more than cells with the modern human version.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Prisoners who’d earned the privilege reported to work; those who hadn’t returned to their cells.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But the rub this time is the introduction of Varang (Oona Chaplin), an unhinged leader of a tribe who allies herself with human villains.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The ash people’s perspective allies them with the group looking to strip-mine Pandora’s resources.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, futurists and the Bureau of Labor Statistics project that Gen Z and Gen Alpha will average 18 to 25 jobs and six to nine distinct career chapters, more than double the volatility of prior generations.
    Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Larkin hadn’t sought its national endorsement, focusing on support in South Florida chapters instead.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • The productivity boom everyone associates with the personal computer didn’t actually show up in the macro data until 15 years after the PC was commercialized.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • The two-time Oscar winner, who was born in Concord and grew up in the East Bay, associates that sign with some of his favorite Bay Area childhood memories.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • One notable example is MIT’s myoneural actuator, a living implant made from muscle tissue that interfaces naturally with nerves.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
  • By having a single system that interfaces with all of your current systems and allows for workflow across your entire organization will help to eliminate some of this complexity.
    TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

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“Affiliates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affiliates. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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