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as in to collaborate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end
conservation groups cooperated with state authorities to find a humane way to manage the area's overpopulation of deer
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as in to unite
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
several industrialized nations cooperated in a trade agreement to reduce or eliminate tariffs
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Recent Examples of cooperate
Clayton said Wednesday's indictment should signal that officials who cooperate with drug traffickers are not immune to justice.
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Tom Winter, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
Uthmeier has issued subpoenas to OpenAI requesting records of company policies and training materials for when users make threats to harm themselves or others and for cooperating with law enforcement and reporting possible crimes.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Police said the driver remained at the scene and has cooperated with the investigation.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
The driver remained at the scene of the crash and has cooperated with the investigation.
—Kendrick Calfee
updated April 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
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Tom Winter, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
Uthmeier has issued subpoenas to OpenAI requesting records of company policies and training materials for when users make threats to harm themselves or others and for cooperating with law enforcement and reporting possible crimes.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Police said the driver remained at the scene and has cooperated with the investigation.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
The driver remained at the scene of the crash and has cooperated with the investigation.
—Kendrick Calfee
updated April 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperate
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The Dodgers' Single-A affiliate, the Ontario Tower Buzzers, collaborated with Make-A-Wish to design a colorful jersey for the Minor League Baseball team.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Halliday collaborated with Zwick (The Last Samurai) and Marshall Herskovitz on the screenplay, with Zwick and Herskovitz of the Bedford Falls Company producing alongside Clay Pecorin of Rainmaker Films and FilmNation Entertainment.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
1 May 2026
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What unites us is this wonder about venturing further into space.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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Gross said the prayer was clearly an attempt to show the two churches united, especially in confronting the global conflicts and projecting a message of unity.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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That’s Carowinds’ former parent company, which merged with Six Flags in 2024 in a blockbuster $8 billion deal.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2026
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It is being continued by the new Kiwanis Club of Poway and the Ranches that formed last fall when the Los Rancheros and Poway clubs merged.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Cooperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooperate. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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