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collaborating

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verb

present participle of collaborate
as in cooperating
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 collaborating
Verb
Along with collaborating with other team members, duties include managing ledgers and overseeing financial accuracy. Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026 News also broke in May that the FBI was investigating another NIAID virologist, Vincent Munster, who had been called out for collaborating with Baric and the scientists in Wuhan. Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026 By collaborating, teams can exchange knowledge, share resources (such as event space) and put forward a united front to champion a cause. Gary Ivory, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 As The Information first reported last month, Anthropic had been collaborating with both Figma and Canva on the development of a Claude for Design tool. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 July 2026 And Hamas has instead reasserted its power in parts of Gaza not occupied by Israel, recently executing a Palestinian accused of collaborating with Israel. Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 Officials, still working on guidance that will allow third parties to host the accounts, are also eyeing ways to increase enrollment, including partnering with brands, erecting billboards, and collaborating with medical facilities. Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 6 July 2026 To direct this project of firsts, Toho set its sights on Katayama, one of his country’s most in-demand filmmakers of late — and one of the exceedingly few with real experience collaborating with a Korean auteur. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026 As the film tells it, her poses — sometimes casual, sometimes intense, always impressive — caught the eye of fellow climber Ivan Beerkus, and the two soon began collaborating. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaborating
Adjective
  • Then check timing with the person involved so enthusiasm stays cooperative.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2026
  • Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery (Seattle, Washington) Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery was Washington’s first cooperative brewery.
    Don Tse, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Comer had threatened to subpoena the prediction markets, but both Kalshi and Polymarket are cooperating with the investigation, according to the committee.
    Luke Garrett, NPR, 9 July 2026
  • In a statement, K2 Airways said search and rescue operations are still being conducted by Pakistani authorities and the company was fully cooperating with the aviation authorities.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Adjective
  • In India, the country is obsessed with cricket and Bollywood movies, which share a symbiotic relationship that has proven to be a major obstacle in attempts to build soccer’s popularity.
    Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Kombucha Kombucha is made by combining tea with sugar, which serves as food for the symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeasts (SCOBY) during fermentation.
    Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • The show reimagines the six Tudor queens as a girl group competing to see who suffered most under their husband, King Henry VIII, before uniting to reclaim their legacies.
    Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • The thread of citizen rights and responsibilities weaves through each of these, uniting evolving conceptions of freedom, self-government, and individual achievement from the nation’s past through to its present.
    The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 July 2026
Adjective
  • This time, the Atlanta rapper took pen skills and synergetic spirit to co-write the Red Clay short film with Omar Epps.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 May 2025
  • The on-ball creation from LaVine, and the heliocentric offense being built around Jokic, would be a beautiful synergetic match from an on-court standpoint.
    Evan Sidery, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024

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“Collaborating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collaborating. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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