CAHOOTS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

cahoots

noun

as in companies

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Noun

Said alleges that the companies later mishandled her requests for medical accommodations following an assignment covering the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
By Sector Glenview Trust, Berkshire Hathaway, Bloomberg Because the 13F does not include international holdings, Berkshire Hathaway initially announced the acquisition of about 5% stakes in five Japanese trading companies at the end of August 2020.

— Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of companies

Noun

Build it — and the major leagues will come back, back and, years later, back again.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The top-to-bottom strength of the nation's two preeminent conferences, particularly the SEC, means most programs in those leagues have a reasonably demanding slate.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of leagues

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The commerce of these images and goods might seem to reflect our identities as a mirror image of our affinities.

— Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
Knowing their days of bloodline privilege are numbered, the German and the French aristocrat bond, their class affinities binding them more tightly than the uniforms that separate them.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026

Definition of affinities

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The shareholders do, however, indirectly control such decisions as strategic direction or authorization of corporate mergers.

— Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
In the world of corporate mergers and acquisitions, an out-of-town buyer looks to cut costs in order to help cover the share-price premium necessary to clinch the deal and those reductions typically come mainly at the expense of the seller.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of mergers

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Nwosu's portrait of Lagos is filled with care and nuance, with an eye to the complicated solidarities that bind its people together.

— Teresa Xie, NPR, 20 Feb. 2026
The third explores attempts by thinkers to use the concept of Asia to forge solidarities, which unraveled at the Asian Relations Conference in Delhi in 1947, when regional powers could not resolve their contradictions.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

Definition of solidarities

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But after that comes the grueling residency that lasts a minimum of three years but can extend to five or more, followed by fellowships for those who decide to specialize further.

— Rajani LaRocca, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Kashyap is an acclaimed author and translator of several novels and poetry collections and has received awards and fellowships from Harvard, NEA, and more.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026

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