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as in collaborated
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 united
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 cooperated
Still, unwinding this system was difficult in part because two neighboring districts, the Pulaski County Special School District and the North Little Rock School District, cooperated with one another to ensure their districts would remain majority white.
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Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Attorneys for Lee and Benson had argued the prosecution’s case was built largely on the testimony of other Wicked Town members who cooperated with authorities in order to get a break in their own cases.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with authorities, said Elk Grove police.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors noted that Wolford cooperated with the investigation and admitted his crimes.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2025
The driver stayed on the scene and cooperated with the investigation, a police news release said.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The 41-year-old Mustang driver cooperated with investigators.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
The Acura driver immediately called 911 and cooperated with investigators at the scene about 30 miles east of Central Park, state police said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2025
The video reportedly contained graphic clips from The Sopranos television series showing the deaths of several characters who had cooperated with the FBI, officials said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2025
Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Attorneys for Lee and Benson had argued the prosecution’s case was built largely on the testimony of other Wicked Town members who cooperated with authorities in order to get a break in their own cases.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with authorities, said Elk Grove police.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors noted that Wolford cooperated with the investigation and admitted his crimes.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2025
The driver stayed on the scene and cooperated with the investigation, a police news release said.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The 41-year-old Mustang driver cooperated with investigators.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
The Acura driver immediately called 911 and cooperated with investigators at the scene about 30 miles east of Central Park, state police said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2025
The video reportedly contained graphic clips from The Sopranos television series showing the deaths of several characters who had cooperated with the FBI, officials said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperated
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On another project, Dutch audiovisual experts collaborated with French-only contractors, a mix that required not just translation, but diplomacy and improvisation.—
Nathanael Bondu,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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To overcome this, the University of Twente team collaborated with researchers and medical professionals from Radboud University Medical Center and the University of Waterloo (Canada).—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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The scams are so prevalent that more than 150 utilities have united to fight them.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Three South Shore communities have united in opposition to removing I-794.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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When integrating with third-party services, federated identity solutions (utilizing protocols such as OAuth or SAML) enable users to grant limited access without sharing their primary login credentials.—
Ajai Paul,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The alliance follows a similar pandemic playbook in 2020, when California allied with other states like Nevada and Colorado via the Western States Pact to coordinate a state-level economic response to COVID restrictions.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The purpose of Iran is Shiite theocracy, for its own sake and as a counterweight to democratic, secular, and Sunni governments allied with the United States in the region.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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The union merged Castile, then the mightiest and wealthiest kingdom, with Aragon, a maritime power.—
Siobhan Reid,
Robb Report,
7 Sep. 2025
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In 1947, the National Security Act merged the Navy and War departments as well as the Air Force into the National Military Establishment, which became the Department of Defense in 1949.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Cooperated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooperated. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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