as in to integrate
to make a part of a body or system
the national organization co-opted many formerly independent local groups
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Recent Examples of co-opt
Civilizing Mission was not just an indictment of gender apartheid but also of the ways such struggles can be co-opted, neutralized, or repurposed.
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Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
Hudson celebrated/co-opted 3-28 with Belichick on Instagram last week.
—Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
Once in a while, technology still feels easy and—dare I co-opt the world from Apple's marketing department?—even magical.
—ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2025
Unlike in dictatorships, this tends to involve not overt methods like book burning but quieter techniques such as co-opting media company shareholders to slant their coverage or using limited censorship supposedly designed to fight extremism or child pornography.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
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Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
Hudson celebrated/co-opted 3-28 with Belichick on Instagram last week.
—Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
Once in a while, technology still feels easy and—dare I co-opt the world from Apple's marketing department?—even magical.
—ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2025
Unlike in dictatorships, this tends to involve not overt methods like book burning but quieter techniques such as co-opting media company shareholders to slant their coverage or using limited censorship supposedly designed to fight extremism or child pornography.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for co-opt
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This means instilling a culture of accountability, ensuring employees are educated on security best practices, and integrating cybersecurity training into daily operations.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Google's decision to integrate the service with Gmail led to a litany of privacy issues that landed the company in court.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2025
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Coogler’s films tend to incorporate deep historical research that gets revealed subtly through brief, easy-to-miss moments and story details.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2025
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Over the years, the Lovell sisters, who began Larkin Poe in 2010, incorporated beats to their music and occasionally changed the lyric of a cover song.—
Glenn Peoples,
Billboard,
2 May 2025
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Superpower Weaponry One of the things that makes America truly exceptional throughout the world—its core principle of assimilating immigrants who strive for a safer, freer life—has been denigrated for the sake of short-term political gain.—
Penny Abeywardena,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Considering that the team members must qualify for the individual events, these two additional rounds may be hard to assimilate for any of them.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Co-opt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/co-opt. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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