co-opted

past tense of co-opt

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of co-opted In some cases, specific designs from fashion brands have been co-opted by political groups as their uniforms. Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025 But that revolution was co-opted by a dictatorship, as well. Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025 Legalization activist Keith Stroup eventually co-opted the public domain film and used it to rebelliously bolster his own movement. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025 Burns said Huntington Beach is not the only city where vigils and community gatherings have been co-opted by extremists. Claire Wang, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025 For 25 years, Chavism has co-opted Venezuela's infrastructure for its own enrichment, persecuting journalists and opposition, wrecking the economy, and leaving its citizens in poverty. Kristina Foltz, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025 In the season 2 photos release, Elliott and Thornton are seen hanging out with James Jordan’s Dale at the house co-opted by Tommy, Dale and Nathan (Colm Feore). Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025 The disgust stems both from that aura of obliviousness and from a retrospective knowledge that the sincerity of late-two-thousands indie music was quickly co-opted into a more commercial version of itself. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025 Minimalism has long been co-opted by marketing departments and lacquered into clichés. Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for co-opted
Verb
  • Like all East End Studios’ projects, the Sunnyside facility will be fully integrated with XR/VR infrastructure, including the capability to shoot on a virtual stage, and high-speed fiber connectivity with scalable production-level internet.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
  • England was also impressed by how Ortega-Jiménez and his colleagues integrated the effects of other forces, such as air resistance, with those of static electricity in the new research.
    Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 1924, the city, first named Lawndale and later changed to Colma, was incorporated as a city to protect the dead from encroachment.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Chromophoric proof concept The team harnessed enzymes to generate acetyllysine inside cells, then incorporated it into proteins at specific sites.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But like many converted former Jews and assimilated Jews in Europe at the time, their real religion was German culture, especially German music.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Her generation and the next one may have assimilated, Luna said, but the family members still know Mexican food and the family story.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Co-opted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/co-opted. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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