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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
Chen, iFLYTEK’s general manager of AI translation software, said the firm had cooperated with Chinese companies such as Huawei on chip development.
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Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
But her brain is not cooperating.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
All three groups need to buy in and cooperate for anything good to happen.
—Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
The vast majority — 103 — involved defendants in domestic violence cases trying to dissuade the victim from cooperating with authorities or showing up to court, according to a Journal Sentinel review of court records.
—Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
But her brain is not cooperating.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
All three groups need to buy in and cooperate for anything good to happen.
—Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
The vast majority — 103 — involved defendants in domestic violence cases trying to dissuade the victim from cooperating with authorities or showing up to court, according to a Journal Sentinel review of court records.
—Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperate
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The unit collaborates with various federal, state, tribal, and local partners, including the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations, to combat terrorism.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Then, as now, The Lancet medical journal collaborated with the environmental nonprofit EAT and dozens of international researchers to determine how food producers could feed the burgeoning global population without further harming the environment.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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The team unites design, R&D, and manufacturing under one roof to reduce unnecessary markups, so that consumers pay for craftsmanship, not middlemen.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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What unites these subscribers to America’s growing warrior culture is not their personal relationship to fighting but rather their perspective on what role the warrior, with the wisdom afforded by his abilities, should play in society.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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That firm merged in 1980 with Maslansky/Koenigsberg and subsequently with BNC — the PR firm formed by Howard Bragman, Mike Nyman and Brad Cafarelli.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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Sparc Group and JCPenney have since merged to form Catalyst Brands.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Cooperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooperate. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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