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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
As the Chicago cohort progresses, Merchant is in conversation with public schools in New York and Boston to get pilot programs underway there.
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2026
The first full-time cohort in fall 2027 will have about 75 students.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
While the company largely stays out of the headlines, Applecart has a leading place in an emerging but discreet cohort of companies and organizations aimed at reaching key figures in industry and government.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Corey Perry returned to score a goal against his former cohorts, but Joel Armia did not, nor did Trevor Moore and Anže Kopitar.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2026
The first full-time cohort in fall 2027 will have about 75 students.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
While the company largely stays out of the headlines, Applecart has a leading place in an emerging but discreet cohort of companies and organizations aimed at reaching key figures in industry and government.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Corey Perry returned to score a goal against his former cohorts, but Joel Armia did not, nor did Trevor Moore and Anže Kopitar.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohort
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Later, Pine concludes that Teddy is in league with an associate named Gilberto Hanson, but his ally Sally Price-Jones (Hayley Squires) discovers that Hanson died 17 years prior in a helicopter crash that was never publicized.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Jan. 2026
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There's an associate with a handheld device who will build you a dressing room.—
Ayesha Javed,
Time,
11 Jan. 2026
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Greenberg’s unsettling bond with Doug Gretzler — who, along with accomplice Willie Steelman, killed 17 people, including two children — continues to haunt her decades later.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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The middle schooler's accomplice in the murder is revealed in episode 2.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Despite being respected by his colleagues, the author of Moby-Dick worked for six days a week in the domed and columned Merchant’s Exchange Building at 55 Wall Street and was paid $4 a day, never receiving a raise in two decades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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The attention has also led to a few funny moments, including running into friends and colleagues who were shocked to recognize the family from a viral video.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Highly value adult relationships with our partner and other peer friendships by spending consistent time on coffee dates, dinners and game nights.—
Beth Collums,
AJC.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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The idea of working within the Department of Public Safety with mental health, social worker and peer counselors presents a new kind of safety patrol that has many different aspects to meet different needs.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
15 Jan. 2026
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The camera also cut to a shot of Martin Short clapping while seated next to his fellow Only Murders in the Building actor Steve Martin, who also laughed at the quip.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Jan. 2026
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The foreman dragged the fellow responsible for this disaster by the hair to a corner of the encampment and, deaf to his pleas, put two bullets in his head.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Victor Quispe Victor Quispe The friend said Quispe was a barber, and he recently got married and his wife is expecting.—
Lisa Rozner,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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First, Monty Miller (a suave, anguished Jon Hamm), Tommy’s lifelong friend and billionaire founder of M-Tex, dies suddenly, but not before naming the fixer as the new company president.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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My good buddy and I both started out making theater.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Wavrin tells me that several buddies are also at the derby, fishing from hard-sided huts.—
Stephanie Pearson,
Outside,
14 Jan. 2026
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One month after Amber’s murder, Williams visited her daughter’s elementary school classmates.—
Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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The demonstrations are a show of solidarity and concern, not only for classmates, but for their communities.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Cohort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohort. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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