colligates

verb

present tense third-person singular of colligate
1
as in links

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as in clumps

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colligates
  1. links
  2. clumps
  3. collects
  4. recognizes
  5. assembles
  6. identifies
  7. joins
  8. clusters
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  • The Saudi exports transit through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a chokepoint that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
    — Spencer Kimball,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • Launched by the federal government, the Genesis Mission links supercomputing, quantum systems, advanced scientific instruments, and other digital technologies.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026
Definition of links
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  • Dividing clumps every few years in early spring also maintains their vigor.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
  • Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
    — Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of clumps
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  • The rule takes effect immediately, even as the agency collects public comments.
    — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 30 July 2026
  • The system collects readings every 100 milliseconds from roughly 300 sensors on each machine, using time-series anomaly detection and graph neural networks to detect abnormal operating conditions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Definition of collects
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  • Price becomes the instrument through which a company recognizes a scarcity and decides whether to protect it or charge for it.
    — François Candelon, Fortune, 24 July 2026
  • The Fellowship program recognizes fifteen disciplines, focusing on five each year on a triennial basis.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 24 July 2026
Definition of recognizes
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  • All the while, Myers assembles a possible titan in Philly, and the Warriors are left staring down the pipe at another depressing play-in tournament exit at absolute best.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
  • Like its predecessor, the new collection assembles an eclectic roster of artists interpreting Young’s catalog.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 22 July 2026
Definition of assembles
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  • Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories’ full-service parasitology laboratory routinely identifies animal parasites in livestock, pets and wildlife.
    — Sarah Tomlinson, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
  • Morgan Stanley Research identifies the multipolar world as one of its four key 2026 investment themes, specifically because companies' and governments' adaptation to the dynamics of a multipolar world is likely to accelerate.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of identifies
Verb
  • And Matt Rivers is just back from the Red Sea and joins me now here in Amman, Jordan.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • The story follows a 40-year-old man who joins a bachelor party weekend with strangers after being added to their group chat by accident, with the misadventure unfolding in Miami.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of joins
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  • The historical profile again clusters tightly.
    — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Liquidity cluster Wells Fargo added that most liquidity already clusters around the market open and close, making the idea of stretching trading hours even further counterproductive.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of clusters
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