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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
In other words, people may traverse more creative terrain when collaborating with other people. — Roger Beaty, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026 Al-Khudhairi has also been collaborating with Vincenzo de Bellis, chief artistic officer and global director of fairs at Art Basel. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Over the years the Moncler reset has gone through cycles, first collaborating with fashion designers starting with Junya Watanabe for fall 2004, followed a year later by Balenciaga, which at the time was designed by Nicolas Ghesquière. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 With country, some of their past forays include a 2018 performance at the Grand Ole Opry; singing with Chris Stapleton at the 2021 CMT Artists of the Year special; and collaborating with Cody Johnson at Stagecoach in April. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2026 Shimizu has also programmed experimental cinema at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where the work included collaborating with DINAMO, an international network of experimental film distributors and archives. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026 Juvelis’ role will not be filled, with the company moving away from centralized communications structure to each business’ comms team operating on their own while also collaborating with each other. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026 Meta and Apple, meanwhile, are collaborating on a new Muse AI model that will run locally on Mac computers and will allow customers to use Muse Spark for coding, video analysis, and other agentic tasks. — John Kell, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 His comments came as the MIA Market in Rome kicked off with a panel on European producers collaborating in an EU-wide audiovisual policy amid a global business upended by consolidation and acquisitions of European companies by American rivals. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaborating
Adjective
  • Abramson said Romero is married with four children and has been cooperative with police.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The building, which opens with a free community festival Friday through Tuesday, is piloting a cooperative nonprofit partnership model.
    — Rudi Greenberg, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • At the time, Link, a Vernon Hills Democrat, was secretly cooperating with the FBI.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The department is cooperating with the agencies handling the criminal case.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The symbiotic relationship between art, opera and fashion anchored a conversation between Torquil McIntosh, cofounder of Sybarite; Tian Hao Jiang, founder and artistic director of the iSing!
    — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Those fungi form symbiotic relationships with plant and tree roots, helping the roots collect water and nutrients from the soil to nourish the plants above.
    — Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Olympic torch relay will begin in spring 2028, uniting all 50 states en route to the opening ceremony.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The regal-looking Oculus design is flattering in its curvilinear, embeds the diamond securely within its basket, and, once again, can go so far as to represent two lives uniting as one — sans borders, boundaries, or barriers.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 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 1 Nov. 2026.

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