as in to cooperate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end
a trio of museums collaborated to mount this once-in-a-lifetime exhibit of van Gogh's major portraits
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Students were generally not allowed to use AI tools or collaborate with classmates during exams.
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Saharnaz Babaei-Balderlou, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel collaborated with Wisconsin Watch to develop this fact brief.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Students were generally not allowed to use AI tools or collaborate with classmates during exams.
—Shishir Shakya, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
Cunningham immediately connected him with colorist Kari Hill and hairstylist Alex Pardoe, who collaborated with Moe on the final look.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2026
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Saharnaz Babaei-Balderlou, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel collaborated with Wisconsin Watch to develop this fact brief.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Students were generally not allowed to use AI tools or collaborate with classmates during exams.
—Shishir Shakya, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
Cunningham immediately connected him with colorist Kari Hill and hairstylist Alex Pardoe, who collaborated with Moe on the final look.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2026
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Nance proposed bringing the story of rampant fraud to a handpicked journalist, who would interview a suspect cooperating with police, a retailer and someone whose identity had been stolen for the scam.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Sharp, 57, is one of five suspects connected to the case who are cooperating with the government and are expected to testify.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 6,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Mar. 2026
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This Mercury-Jupiter trine unites your distant 9th house and your personal 1st house, since Jupiter’s currently in your sign.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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The Bruins, though, have found success as a Big Ten giant, with the vestiges of the old conference united in the most unlikely way.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Collaborate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collaborate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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