as in association
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
the Little League team, despite its name, the Northern Dynamites, has no affiliation with the Northern Dynamite Company
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Recent Examples of affiliation
Again, responses to this question were consistent across political party affiliations, the advocacy group said.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Delays in care will make treatable conditions life-threatening in red and blue communities alike; medical emergencies don’t recognize party affiliation.
—Dr. Bryce Pulliam, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Among those getting news on TikTok, as many rely on influencers and celebrities as on actual journalists—and 84 percent of these news influencers have no background or affiliation with a news organization.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
By 2025, Gallup reported Democrats regaining a slight edge in party affiliation, but this masked deeper fractures as internal polls showed growing liberal extremism, with bases demanding purity tests on social issues that repelled moderates.
—Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Delays in care will make treatable conditions life-threatening in red and blue communities alike; medical emergencies don’t recognize party affiliation.
—Dr. Bryce Pulliam, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Among those getting news on TikTok, as many rely on influencers and celebrities as on actual journalists—and 84 percent of these news influencers have no background or affiliation with a news organization.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
By 2025, Gallup reported Democrats regaining a slight edge in party affiliation, but this masked deeper fractures as internal polls showed growing liberal extremism, with bases demanding purity tests on social issues that repelled moderates.
—Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for affiliation
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It is not accredited by any major zoo or sanctuary associations, which is voluntary and comes with stricter welfare and conservation standards.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The association hosted its annual media day on Thursday afternoon, where executive director Bob Baldwin and Jim Clark, assistant director of communications, spoke about the state of the association and changes that will be coming for student athletes, coaches and fans in the upcoming seasons.—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Target leans back towards DEI Target last week highlighted its partnership with the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs that provides education and other services to Black founders of small businesses.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Immigration reform bills from 1986 and 1990 were passed in partnership with Wyoming Republican Alan Simpson.—
Martin J. Walsh,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere in the podcast, Shallow discusses her penchant for using femininity and flirtation as reality TV weapons, and how that nickname cast a shadow on her real-life relationships.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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Muriel’s From American Horror Story to Disney’s Princess and the Frog, New Orleans’s relationship with the otherworldly has been well documented on film and television.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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Art and Commerce The Vuitton stand at Art Basel is likewise dominated by an eight-meter-high sculpture of an octopus, inspired by Chinese lanterns, which Murakami described as a way of countering potential criticism of his ongoing practice of blurring his art practice with his brand collaborations.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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Working in collaboration of the National Trust for Historic Places, the National Fund for Sacred Places each year provides matching grants of between $50,000 and $500,000 to congregations undertaking significant capital campaigns.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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But Mamdani’s substantial campaign promises would require significant outside help to ultimately come to fruition, including cooperation from state legislators and Governor Kathy Hochul, who has vowed not to hike taxes on wealthy New Yorkers.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s tariffs and aid cut announcements mark a stunning reversal in a bilateral relationship that has been anchored by counternarcotics cooperation for more than two decades.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
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If, as Lloyd Matthews has argued, America’s founding ideals of liberty are intimately linked to Julius Caesar, that connection should remind us that such liberty requires due process to function properly.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Shannon was working the former Hinas and Alex hard — trying to make individual connections with each of them.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Affiliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affiliation. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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