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allied

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verb

past tense of ally

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Recent Examples of allied
Adjective
As a retired admiral and former supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I was thrilled when Sweden and Finland joined the alliance. James Stavridis, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025 If integrated across China’s southern theater, this could neutralize or delay allied response times in a crisis, giving China an early advantage in information warfare. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
They are allied with regal and Martha Washington geraniums, and both bear prolific blooms with deep red petals; the petal bases of Lily are black, while those of Jack of Hearts are red. Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025 In contrast, the Volkswagen car company was closely allied with the Nazis and saturated with its ideology. Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for allied
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allied
Adjective
  • Palatini has been with NBC Sports for more than a decade and will move to the spinoff company to head up communications for Golf Channel, its related properties and other sports at Versant (including the WNBA and League One Volleyball).
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
  • That’s especially critical as the holiday season—and its related shopping holidays, like Black Friday and Cyber Monday—creep up on companies.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Proud to see so many voices united for nonviolence, civic action, and the power of the people to shape our future.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Movements that reach that scale—without purity tests or partisan labels—succeed not because they’re perfectly aligned, but because they’re united in purpose.
    Nancy Gibbs, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The crew allegedly used violence to enforce its territory including shootings, murder and assaults and retaliated against witnesses who cooperated with law enforcement.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • However, Rozier cooperated with an NBA investigation and met with law enforcement.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Scientists from Chalmers University of Technology, the University of Gothenburg, and Uppsala University collaborated on the study.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The production worked closely with the Tourette’s community, casting individuals who live with Tourette’s, and collaborated with a Tourette’s charity.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When integrating with third-party services, federated identity solutions (utilizing protocols such as OAuth or SAML) enable users to grant limited access without sharing their primary login credentials.
    Ajai Paul, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Allied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allied. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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