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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
Such an ambitious agenda assumes a counterpart who is either inclined or compelled to cooperate.
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Neil Thomas, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
By 2019 Trump was refusing to cooperate with congress, especially in connection with his impeachment.
—John M. Crisp, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The driver has cooperated with authorities, and no arrests have been made.
—Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Trump and Takaichi also signed an agreement to cooperate on critical minerals and rare earths.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
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Neil Thomas, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
By 2019 Trump was refusing to cooperate with congress, especially in connection with his impeachment.
—John M. Crisp, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The driver has cooperated with authorities, and no arrests have been made.
—Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Trump and Takaichi also signed an agreement to cooperate on critical minerals and rare earths.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cooperate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperate
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Marrow at the Market’s bar program will collaborate with Eastern Market neighbor Detroit City Distillery and nearby craft breweries, and the Royce will curate its wine program.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Lapua Magnum Lapua, Research Armament, and Accuracy International collaborated to design the Lapua Magnum in the 1980s.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Other than a handful of defections, Schumer has kept his party mostly united during the painful funding lapse.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Quantum gravity, the latest framework uniting relativity and quantum mechanics, proposes that even space and time are not fundamental.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Schichts managed to survive and thrive, building the company, merging with Unilever, founding a cinema, building international networks and even taking to the skies in airplane races.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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Ink merges into breast milk, tranquillity and space to think are filled with irritating barking, and Lawrence loses herself to the madness.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Cooperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooperate. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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