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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
There’s a reason Stallones is equally comfortable collaborating with the Congos and Laraaji. — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2026 Following his perfumey instrumentals, the songwriter began collaborating with journeyman Norwegian vocalist Jørn Lande, bassist Becky Baldwin and drummer Karl Brazil, who has worked with pop icons Robbie Williams and James Blunt. — Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026 Paytas put all her money and energy into her YouTube career, posting mukbangs and expensive music videos and collaborating with the biggest channels, like those of Shane Dawson and David Dobrik. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026 For brothers Kanish and Rish, family fun means collaborating to write and direct a film based on their culture, creating characters based on their own grandmother and casting their great aunt to play her. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026 Ariana Grande, Ben Stiller, and Robert De Niro appeared on The Tonight Show to discuss collaborating on the upcoming comedy film Focker In-Law. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2026 European retailer Solebox is collaborating with iconic American outdoor footwear label Timberland for the first time, outfitting the latter’s staple Premium 6-Inch Boot in a brown pony hair upper. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 8 Nov. 2026 Coincidentally, the team there had recently connected with Aylinly Events, a Turkish planner who’d directly expressed an interest in collaborating on Turkish destination celebrations. — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026 The team is now collaborating with NASA to investigate whether the approach could help analyse light from distant galaxies. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaborating
Adjective
  • The driver of the gray SUV remained on scene and has been cooperative according to officials.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Each season sees 12 contestants engaged in competitive and cooperative tasks that push the mental envelope, with overarching metagames, hidden puzzles, and lots of intrigue.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The driver of the vehicle, a 70-year-old East Haven man, remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) is cooperating on the effort.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • The corals expel symbiotic algae, losing a food source and becoming more vulnerable to disease.
    — Connie Hanzhang Jin, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • As iconic Austin trumpeter Ephraim Owens and composer Sam Lipman undertake an ambitious collaboration uniting Ephraim’s jazz style with the Austin Symphony Orchestra, a health challenge requires them to confront new realities and limits.
    — Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Also uniting the two colorways is a pastel theme, as each is defined primarily by a tonal peach or lilac treatment.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 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 15 Nov. 2026.

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