co-opts

present tense third-person singular of co-opt

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Recent Examples of co-opts In Eddington, Joe co-opts the righteous anger of BLM. Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
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Verb
  • However, businesses seeking a complete end-to-end multi-channel strategy that natively integrates global WhatsApp touchpoints, landing pages, and lead scoring will need to upgrade to the more advanced Zoho Marketing Automation platform.
    Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 22 June 2026
  • The court agreed that states have a legal responsibility to provide support that integrates disabled Americans into their communities, and for nearly three decades, courts across the country have embraced that interpretation.
    Cory Turner, NPR, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • The Nampa facility incorporates this Amazon technology to help handle the mass amounts of products going in and out of the center.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2026
  • Its new design incorporates local materials and draws inspiration from the Pittsburgh region's landscape and industrial history.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • His ashen skin is snaked with circuitry, his voice flattened into the cold register of the Borg, a cybernetic collective that assimilates entire civilizations and reshapes them in its own image.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 5 Apr. 2026

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“Co-opts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/co-opts. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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