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affiliating

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present participle of affiliate

as in allying

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Since 2024, Microsoft has openly acknowledged that OpenAI is a competitor, and has been allying itself with other companies building AI models, including Musk's xAI, releasing those tools to developers through Azure.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 13 May 2026
Country has ‘strategic enemies’ on both sides Ghadban said his country had no interest in allying with either side in the war.

— Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026

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Karl Mayer’s new Textile Innovation Center in Obertshausen, Germany, is designed around that idea, combining textile development, testing and training under one roof.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
The advantage of combining the antibodies became clear when the viruses were repeatedly exposed to treatment.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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The Flipper Zero contains internal modules built around interfacing with local devices.

— Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
Artificial intelligence tools can be used in clinical processes and decision-making, too, interfacing either directly with patients or with those patients’ care plans.

— Emily Brindley, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026

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And somewhere in the mix is a new technology facility that many are associating with a data center.

— John Ramos, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Campbell argues that Latchford’s donations helped bolster his credibility as a scholar by associating his name with top institutions.

— Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 17 June 2026

Definition of associating

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Along with collaborating with other team members, duties include managing ledgers and overseeing financial accuracy.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
News also broke in May that the FBI was investigating another NIAID virologist, Vincent Munster, who had been called out for collaborating with Baric and the scientists in Wuhan.

— Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of collaborating

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Investigators said Butler, who was injured, showed no signs of intoxication and was cooperating with investigators.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Laurie Parker, a producer then working with director Jane Campion as part of a project that Sebold was cooperating with, reached Clapper in 2013.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

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