CONFEDERATED Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

confederated

verb

past tense of confederate

as in united

to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members the nations confederated in order to lower international trade barriers

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Toto, Christopher Cross and The Romantics — three top pop/rock acts who did big business on the charts back in the 1980s — have united for a major concert tour.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
Poor Americans across ethnic lines—including Black workers from the Deep South, women, and immigrants—were united by a claim to dignity and health.

— Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

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Edwards cooperated with the committee's investigation, which included 16 witness interviews, including the congressman himself, and over 1,500 pages of evidence.

— Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
The driver of the Ford is not being identified at this time, and has cooperated with the investigation, police said.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026

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The nonprofit Ebell Club was chartered and federated on March 9, 1984, and since that time, members have raised more than $300,000 for numerous philanthropies both within the community and national organizations.

— Sharon Hlapcich, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026
The order covers federated IT systems and mission platforms across all services.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026

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Olivia Rodrigo has collaborated with LEGO on five new building sets, becoming the first musician to receive dedicated LEGO collections.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Having collaborated with his parents since the late 1980s, Berenstain was no stranger to furthering the family legacy.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026

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Real resilience requires multiple independent paths for critical missions, utilizing diverse government, commercial, and allied capabilities across various architectures and supply chains.

— Charles Beames, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Other Democratic committees and allied super PACs are considerably better funded, raising questions about whether major donors increasingly see them as more effective vehicles than the DNC.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026

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