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as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
if you're trying to give up drinking, your cohorts shouldn't be confirmed party animals
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as in accomplice
one associated with another in wrongdoing
she and her cohorts were arrested for shoplifting
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Another change is that artists are now able to self-nominate for the 2026 cohort, beginning today, with the application period running through May 4.
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
This prospective cohort study followed 317 cognitively healthy older adults from the Harvard Aging Brain Study for an average of eight years.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
While Denali is conducting a phase 2/3 trial to confirm clinical benefit in a larger cohort of patients, including participants up to age 26, these confirmatory trials can take years to complete.
—Nathan Grant, STAT, 14 Apr. 2026
In Paul’s time, Josephus was a perfect instance of the first kind, a brilliant military leader who, when faced with the fanaticism of his cohorts, chose to shift his allegiance to Rome.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
This prospective cohort study followed 317 cognitively healthy older adults from the Harvard Aging Brain Study for an average of eight years.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
While Denali is conducting a phase 2/3 trial to confirm clinical benefit in a larger cohort of patients, including participants up to age 26, these confirmatory trials can take years to complete.
—Nathan Grant, STAT, 14 Apr. 2026
In Paul’s time, Josephus was a perfect instance of the first kind, a brilliant military leader who, when faced with the fanaticism of his cohorts, chose to shift his allegiance to Rome.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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Before the sentence was handed down, Spann gave a 15-minute lecture, largely aimed at the three federal prosecutors seated across the courtroom from him, accusing them of cutting deals to get associates to lie.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Beatriz Browne is supervising producer and Ellie Vargas id associate producer.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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Even though Epstein is long dead and his chief accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, is in prison, Benavidez says more people need to be held accountable.—
Hallie Jackson,
NBC news,
20 Apr. 2026
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None of the three had anything to do with the crimes committed by their husbands, but they’ve all been shunned by neighbors and friends, and viewed as accomplices by outsiders.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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Past employees have said that working under Levin is nightmarish; one former colleague of Levin’s filed a gender discrimination complaint against the organization in 2020.—
Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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Their decisions came the day before the House returned to Washington and as both faced the prospect of being expelled from the chamber by their colleagues.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Like its tech peers, Meta is grappling with growing memory expenses and supply chain shortages stemming from the artificial intelligence boom.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Unlike many of its peer institutions, UMBC does not have vast resources at its disposal.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Apr. 2026
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Rene Morales, senior curatorial fellow at the Bakehouse Art Complex in Wynwood and former chief curator at PAMM, recently swung by for a studio visit with Palazzolo-Daboul, and, intrigued, ended up scouting out the rest of Tunnel.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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The heavily-Democratic district wasn't likely to elect a Republican, William Galston, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, previously told USA TODAY.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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Robert is a funny, kind, and sweet boy who gets along well with others and loves to make new friends.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The nations in Southeast Asia, as well as Japan, will soon state their displeasure at having to suffer while their old Yankee friends are swimming in barrels of black gold.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Brin and Page had a sort of buddy cop dynamic.—
Daniel Munoz,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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That point includes other comparable comedies with either stoner, buddy or coming-of-age ingredients.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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But some classmates at Detroit’s Waldorf School connected the dots.—
Brian McCollum,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Her teachers, her students, her other classmates, the other parents that have now gotten involved since she's gone through this tragedy of loss.—
Beret Leone,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Cohort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohort. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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