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confederate

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verb

confederate

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of confederate
Noun
In 1865, he was appointed as the confederate secretary of war. Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024 An article on Saturday about a school district in Virginia that voted to reinstate confederate names to several schools misstated the surname of a former member of the Shenandoah County school board. New York Times, 14 May 2024
Verb
Complicit supervisors who managed the scheme made certain to give a cut to their confederates in local government, who no doubt passed some of it to their Moscow protectors because the racket was apparently widespread in the city. Gregory Feifer, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2016 Yet, the real participants were surrounded by confederates, or actors, who deliberately gave incorrect answers. Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
The Kinfolk app’s launch comes as fierce debate rages about the monuments staring down at us from city centers: those that pay tribute to confederate leaders, slave owners, or other tarnished once-heroes. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 21 Nov. 2022 The holiday celebrates confederate soldiers such as Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee. Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY, 15 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for confederate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confederate
Noun
  • The Serial Killer’s Apprentice (Investigation Discovery documentary) The two-hour event features an in-depth interview with Dean Corll’s accomplice, Elmer Wayne Henley Jr., in conversation with criminologist Dr. Katherine Ramsland. MONDAY, AUG.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Dozens of young boys had gone missing and many of them would be identified as murder victims of Corll and his two accomplices — Henley and Brooks.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The decision sparked a firestorm on social media — where much of the debate around these issues is taking place — and Jackson-Smith was the target of abusive and threatening comments from both pro-Israel and pro-Palestine supporters.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The former City Council president spent primary day visiting various polling sites, capping off the night with her team and supporters at The Enclave on Detroit's northwest side to celebrate her campaign.
    Dana Afana, Freep.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Now, as part of the deal, Greystar has agreed to cooperate with the DOJ’s monopolization claims against RealPage.
    Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Suspect broke into father's gun safe to get weapons The suspect's family has been cooperating with law enforcement, Hosey said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • With 20,000 troops and tens of thousands of allied militiamen, Turkey has controlled significant swathes of territory across five northern Syrian provinces since 2016.
    Kamran Bokhari, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • An allied invention was the forming tube that compressed the yarns as the strand was made.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • These moves leave the US increasingly isolated from some of its closest allies.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Canada—a key United States ally in the Arctic and NATO—is actively monitoring vessels and has been tracking five Chinese research ships operating around Alaska since last week.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Science united them, via Calista Oetama California oversight agency faults handling of prison use-of-force allegations, via Stephen Hobbs Gavin Newsom says he’s always supported nonpartisan redistricting.
    Amelia Wu, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • At best, the club could unite Southern California’s rugby communities and its sizable player pool, making the Legion into a giant capable of conquering MLR.
    Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The attempt would be remarkable and serve as an overt example of partisan gerrymandering in Missouri — not based on population changes but to strengthen the GOP’s slim majority in Congress.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025
  • However, there’s nothing funny about trampling — in the lust for partisan political power — the quaintly democratic notion that congressional districts should fairly represent the characteristics and values of their constituents.
    Dan Walters, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • On the other hand, federated knowledge graphs address data silos by bringing a decentralized approach to data integration.
    Rajiv Shesh, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
  • Collaborate Securely With Federated Learning Models Leverage federated learning to train machine learning models collaboratively across institutions without sharing raw data.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025

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“Confederate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confederate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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