as in cooperated
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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Recent Examples of collaborated
Looking back at the Chelsea win offers multiple reminders of how well the strikers collaborated with the rest of the team that night.
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Before her Saturn return, she’s already collaborated with all of those icons, turning in newly definitive performances in their work.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
The creative, who in his work as an editor has collaborated with the likes of Werner Herzog, Andrea Arnold and many others.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
Local wildlife authorities collaborated with multiple conservation groups, including Global Conservation, to relocate some rhinos from Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to another sanctuary inside Kidepo Valley National Park, more than 250 miles away.
—Patrick Onen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel collaborated with Wisconsin Watch to develop this fact brief.
—Tom Kertscher, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Lawrence has collaborated with Apple Original Films on projects including Causeway and Bread & Roses, along with the upcoming murder mystery The Wives in which she is set to star and produce.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
The second place award went to two artists who collaborated on one piece that depicts a barn owl — Phoenix Nelson and her close friend Tayler Brown, who are both 17-year-old juniors at Ramona High School.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Shalaby is a comedian and digital creator based in New York who posts character videos on social media and has collaborated with brands including Friday Beers, Graza, Shake Shack, Nerds Candy and Rowing Blazers.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Beren Cross, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Before her Saturn return, she’s already collaborated with all of those icons, turning in newly definitive performances in their work.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
The creative, who in his work as an editor has collaborated with the likes of Werner Herzog, Andrea Arnold and many others.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
Local wildlife authorities collaborated with multiple conservation groups, including Global Conservation, to relocate some rhinos from Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to another sanctuary inside Kidepo Valley National Park, more than 250 miles away.
—Patrick Onen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel collaborated with Wisconsin Watch to develop this fact brief.
—Tom Kertscher, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Lawrence has collaborated with Apple Original Films on projects including Causeway and Bread & Roses, along with the upcoming murder mystery The Wives in which she is set to star and produce.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
The second place award went to two artists who collaborated on one piece that depicts a barn owl — Phoenix Nelson and her close friend Tayler Brown, who are both 17-year-old juniors at Ramona High School.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Shalaby is a comedian and digital creator based in New York who posts character videos on social media and has collaborated with brands including Friday Beers, Graza, Shake Shack, Nerds Candy and Rowing Blazers.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaborated
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The truck driver, a woman who lives in another city, stayed at the scene and cooperated with the investigation, according to police.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The driver of the trailer stayed after the crash scene and cooperated with law enforcement, police said.—
Kelsey Brown,
San Antonio Express-News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Chase scenes through the jungle and an FBI raid on a clinic providing treatment to the poor are united by the series’s overarching alignment with David against big pharma’s Goliath, an identity that feels as essential to the show as cutie creatures like Marshall’s tortoise Socrates.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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Clint Eastwood and Hackman united decades later for 1992's Unforgiven, and Hackman won another Oscar for playing Little Bill, the black-hat sheriff infused with Popeye DNA.—
Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Collaborated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collaborated. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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