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as in to collaborate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end
conservation groups cooperated with state authorities to find a humane way to manage the area's overpopulation of deer
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as in to unite
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
several industrialized nations cooperated in a trade agreement to reduce or eliminate tariffs
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Recent Examples of cooperate
The pair initially agreed to cooperate but attempted to block in-person appearances.
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
The driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with the investigation.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
The driver was not injured but remained on scene and fully cooperated with the investigation, Babros said.
—Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Two more bills are making their way through the Maryland Senate regarding how state and local law enforcement can cooperate with ICE officers.
—Madeline Burke, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
The driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with the investigation.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
The driver was not injured but remained on scene and fully cooperated with the investigation, Babros said.
—Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Two more bills are making their way through the Maryland Senate regarding how state and local law enforcement can cooperate with ICE officers.
—Madeline Burke, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperate
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The pair married in 2022 and have collaborated on a handful of songs together.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
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The universities of Chicago, Northwestern and Illinois are on all lists of top-tier research institutions in the world, and their scientists collaborate with those at suburban Argonne and Fermilab.—
Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the Senate GOP is not united on forcing Democrats to commit to a talking filibuster to pass the voter ID bill.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Conceived of as a living, breathing body, and accompanied by various soundtracks, the textile will unite the other works on display, including Entropy Altar, which generates random numbers, yielding unpredictable patterns and touches on the human need to find meaning in data.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
2 Mar. 2026
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When Random House and Penguin merged into Penguin Random House in 2013, Godoff was under the same roof as her old company.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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For me, this collaboration was about merging utility with emotion — taking the functional codes we’re known for and injecting them with a sense of play, color and character.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Cooperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooperate. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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