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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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Recent Examples of cohort
Meanwhile, the Gen Zers now aging into homebuying represent a smaller cohort than their elders.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
The cohort also got a behind-the-scenes look at Tribeca Film Festival, participating in learning sessions specifically designed for navigating the festival circuit.
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Katie Campione,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
No doubt, some individual stocks are getting crushed, particularly within the semiconductor industry and the broader artificial intelligence cohort.
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Zev Fima,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
Advertisement ‘Talent is everything’ In April, Russia’s main TV news channel depicted Moscow State University gilded in futuristic laser lines as the presenter announced a new AI faculty, due to welcome its first cohort of 72 students in September.
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Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
18 June 2026
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
The cohort also got a behind-the-scenes look at Tribeca Film Festival, participating in learning sessions specifically designed for navigating the festival circuit.
—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
No doubt, some individual stocks are getting crushed, particularly within the semiconductor industry and the broader artificial intelligence cohort.
—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
Advertisement ‘Talent is everything’ In April, Russia’s main TV news channel depicted Moscow State University gilded in futuristic laser lines as the presenter announced a new AI faculty, due to welcome its first cohort of 72 students in September.
—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohort
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The announcement — made by Starmer in a statement outside 10 Downing Street — follows Labour’s poor performance in recent local elections, as well as months of intra-party turmoil over fiscal policy, welfare reforms and Starmer’s appointment of an associate of Jeffrey Epstein.
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In the Death of Robin Hood, a mythical figure named Robin lives in isolation until his young associate brings trouble his way that nearly kills him.
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In November 1998, after a five-month trial, Patrizia and her four accomplices were found guilty of premeditated murder.
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The attacker, Roman Lavrynovych, was found guilty Monday alongside his accomplice.
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In fact, many of us often end up buying things that our colleagues found during their search.
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The 36-year-old, now a father himself, said he was reintroduced to the game by a younger colleague earlier this year and fell in love with it again.
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Emma Tufuga, a criminologist from Curtin University in Perth, who hails from Samoa, said young people are being recruited through peer networks and social media with the promise of money, or even just a sense of belonging.
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When the researchers reran the bachelor's analysis using the kind of comparison most other studies rely on—measuring college-goers against a vague pool of non-college peers similar only in age—the apparent payoff jumped by about $27,000.
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Clifford Winston, a senior fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Economic Studies program, says the summer travel season is typically always one of higher demand, and that hasn’t changed, despite the elevated prices due to the fallout of the Iran war.
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Bjorn Lomborg is president of the Copenhagen Consensus and a visiting fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.
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Some travel from other parts of Minnesota after hearing about the fundraiser through friends or social media.
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The journey in seeing a friend’s city anew becomes another way of seeing home.
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The film’s depictions of Jeff Bezos buddy Altman and Elon Musk are said to be less than flattering.
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Burrus chuckles at the quirky things his buddy would do at these parties.
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Her family proudly captured the moment at graduation the next week, as her classmates laughed and cheered along, based on footage shared with the AJC.
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Still, just three semesters into college, Freese briefly dropped out after signing with the Philadelphia Union, turning professional while many of his classmates were still settling into college life.
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“Cohort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohort. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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