Thesaurus results for COHORT

cohort

noun

ˈkō-ˌhȯrt

Definition of cohort

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 The results revealed the complexities of having debt while also spotlighting differences between generational cohorts. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 July 2026 Chipotle’s chief operating officer, Jason Kidd, scouts the next cohort of leaders by breaking bread with his staffers. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 July 2026 Lara is part of a new cohort of young divers in Baxter’s organization called the UnderH20 Explorers — a free program targeted toward girls of color. — Amara Evering, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026 Showrunner Mara Brock Akil’s Writers’ Colony has unveiled two new cohorts for 2026. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for cohort

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Noun

Large data centers also use a lot of electricity, which can destabilize the power grid and lead to outages, said Rachel Mural, a senior research associate at the Harvard Kennedy School.

— Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Public interest in the files has remained high amid longstanding speculation about Epstein’s associates and whether additional government records exist.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

Definition of associate

Noun

The consignor was later identified as an accomplice in a separate auction fraud case in Hebei province.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
Investigators spent months tying Gavrilys to the crimes through cell phone location records, surveillance video, vehicle registrations and testimony from an alleged accomplice.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026

Definition of accomplice

Noun

The need became more evident after the unexpected death of a City Hall colleague on February, a loss that deeply affected employees across the city, Salgado said.

— Verónica Egui Brito July 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
The circuit made by Coles and colleagues didn’t actually run on ambient noise, which was too low-level to affect the dynamics.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026

Definition of colleague

Noun

Most of Future’s peers in the post-Lil Wayne digital-trap era of the early 2010s, from fellow Atlanta stars Young Thug and 2 Chainz to Southern boldfaced names like Kodak Black and Kevin Gates, have faded back into the regional-rap morass.

— Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
After five rounds, only about 30 percent of the cells have inherited a full copy of the original genome, according to the team’s findings, which were reported on the preprint server bioRxiv and have not yet been peer-reviewed.

— Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 14 July 2026

Definition of peer

Noun

Now researchers have announced the discovery of helium leaking from LHS 1140 b into space, and that only makes the possibility that life could exist on the planet more likely, says Collin Cherubim, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 16 July 2026
Peter Rough and Ulrich Speck are senior fellows at the Hudson Institute.

— Peter Rough, Washington Post, 15 July 2026

Definition of fellow

Noun

Court documents state that Goldbourne met the girl through mutual friends and the two texted to plan a time to meet up.

— Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Her friend offered a cigarette and Cai, searching her brain for a reason to say no, couldn’t find one.

— Jessica M. Goldstein, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

Definition of friend

Noun

Apple Original Films has dropped the first trailer for Mayday, the upcoming action-buddy-comedy starring Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh ahead of its September 4 bow on Apple TV.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Creator Tessa Coates centers her buddy comedy on two women who are both very, very alike and very, very different.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

Definition of buddy

Noun

Growing up, Patricia easily attracted friends among her peers — and even struck up friendships with some of Robert’s older classmates.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Textbooks were in German, classmates spoke a Saxon dialect, while my grandfather’s novels were in Romanian.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

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