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as in uniting
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 merging
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 cooperating
Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 9 Mar. 2026
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026
The verdicts, handed down in March, came as the defendants stood accused in the July 4, 2025, plot targeting the Prairieland ICE detention center following weeks of testimony from investigators, law enforcement and cooperating witnesses.
—Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 23 June 2026
The police report noted that the driver was not drunk and is cooperating.
—Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
The police report also noted that the driver was not drunk and is cooperating.
—Bernard Condon, Fortune, 23 June 2026
Police are currently investigating whether the autopilot feature in any way caused the crash but confirmed that Butler was not intoxicated and is cooperating, partly by helping cops understand how Tesla’s Autopilot feature works.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026
And don’t worry, even if the weather’s not cooperating for eating and sipping outside, the cafe has plenty of heavy-duty glass windows to let lots of natural light inside.
—Natalie Labarbera, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026
Bowser tussled with Trump for much of 2025 over deploying the National Guard and briefly taking over the city's police department while cooperating with the White House on other matters such as clearing homeless encampments.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 17 June 2026
She was accused of conspiring with Witherspoon, who was not charged in her case, and the other cooperating defendants to solicit students seeking nursing credentials and healthcare employment.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
Adjective
In terms of refusal rate, Fairfax County trailed slightly behind all of the top non-cooperating jails in Los Angeles County combined, according to the detainer data.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
The mission simulates a scenario in which a maneuverable satellite rapidly approaches and inspects another spacecraft that is not cooperating.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026
The verdicts, handed down in March, came as the defendants stood accused in the July 4, 2025, plot targeting the Prairieland ICE detention center following weeks of testimony from investigators, law enforcement and cooperating witnesses.
—Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 23 June 2026
The police report noted that the driver was not drunk and is cooperating.
—Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
The police report also noted that the driver was not drunk and is cooperating.
—Bernard Condon, Fortune, 23 June 2026
Police are currently investigating whether the autopilot feature in any way caused the crash but confirmed that Butler was not intoxicated and is cooperating, partly by helping cops understand how Tesla’s Autopilot feature works.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026
And don’t worry, even if the weather’s not cooperating for eating and sipping outside, the cafe has plenty of heavy-duty glass windows to let lots of natural light inside.
—Natalie Labarbera, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026
Bowser tussled with Trump for much of 2025 over deploying the National Guard and briefly taking over the city's police department while cooperating with the White House on other matters such as clearing homeless encampments.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 17 June 2026
She was accused of conspiring with Witherspoon, who was not charged in her case, and the other cooperating defendants to solicit students seeking nursing credentials and healthcare employment.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperating
Adjective
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Eliadis calls them complementary.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
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Her thesis is that digital and physical are not competing channels but complementary ones, with in-person experience driving consideration that eventually converts online.—
Esha Chhabra,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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Along with Davis and Miranda, who are collaborating on the score and the book, the team working on the musical is largely confirmed.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
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Google and Samsung are collaborating on a new pair of AI glasses launching later this year with similar functionality.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
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The British North America Act came into effect, uniting the separate territories of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia into one dominion called Canada.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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Fashion for Relief was registered in 2015 with the aim of uniting the fashion industry to relieve poverty and help those affected by natural or other disasters around the world.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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At its most fundamental, leadership exists because humans are simultaneously competitive and cooperative — and the balance between these two tendencies determines everything.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Swift was never designed for outside maintenance or docking with another spacecraft, so there are no standard docking rings, magnetic capture fixtures, or cooperative navigation beacons.—
David Szondy
June 18,
New Atlas,
18 June 2026
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Three different specialists are merging their expertise to mutual advantage.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 June 2026
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Stanton, by far the most science-fiction-oriented of Pixar auteurs, has a habit of merging high-tech futurism and grand-scale optimism.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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The company is in an inherently difficult strategic position due to Uber’s dominance — while Lyft is only in the US and Canada, Uber is diversified across most global markets and has expanded into other synergetic areas like food and alcohol delivery.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
31 May 2025
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This time, the Atlanta rapper took pen skills and synergetic spirit to co-write the Red Clay short film with Omar Epps.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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This means scientists can now apply computational techniques that were previously reserved for conventional reciprocal systems.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
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The Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation under a reciprocal agreement with San Diego police, so neither department investigates its own officers or deputies in on-duty shootings.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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The work of keeping a stout, synergic defense never really stops.—
Rob Mahoney,
SI.com,
19 Oct. 2017
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“Cooperating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooperating. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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