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Recent Examples of associational
Defendants contest only that CASA has not satisfied the first requirement for such associational standing.
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New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for associational
Adjective
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Tweens and teens look to each other for clarity and guidance on how to behave and how to feel, all the while gambling with each other’s social confidence and self-esteem.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Marriage, in this reading, functions as the one social institution that still reliably closes the aspiration gap — a stable anchor for identity and status at a moment when career and credentials no longer deliver those things dependably.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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Betting on the races, America's original form of sports betting dating back to the colonial era, enjoyed special status even before the Supreme Court in 2018 struck down a law that prevented states other than Nevada from offering sports betting.—
Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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Streep starred as a Danish baroness who falls in love with a big-game hunter, played by Redford, while running a coffee plantation in colonial Kenya in the epic romantic drama.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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“Associational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/associational. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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