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cooperatives

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plural of cooperative

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Recent Examples of cooperatives The old joke is that some cooperatives are the least cooperative groups in the world. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025

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The bill is also opposed by organizations representing technology and broadband companies as well as gas station convenience store operators.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
The company says the platform can be retrofitted onto existing armored vehicles, allowing defense organizations to upgrade current fleets instead of developing entirely new platforms.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

Definition of organizations

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The data can only show associations in brain difference of professional players, not the broader population, and researchers can’t determine what number of impacts to the head might start to show long-term damage.

— Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 12 July 2026
His research has found that while nostalgia is associated with improvements in social connectedness and favorable responses to questions about new innovations like AI, declinism has the opposite associations.

— Markham Heid, Time, 8 July 2026

Definition of associations

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This swept away Iran’s monarchy and birthed a state that is part theocracy, part republic, with a handful of semi-democratic institutions swaddled by a system that is ultimately clerical.

— Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Many of the same institutions and organizations that offer classes are also looking for teachers.

— Amanda Gardner, Martha Stewart, 5 July 2026

Definition of institutions

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The number of colleges that offered tuition-free education climbed from one in 1840 to 119 in 1910.

— Thomas Adam, Fortune, 13 July 2026
In 2020, Covid forced the draft to be reduced to five rounds, as most high schools and colleges had their seasons cut short, so there was considerably less recruiting.

— Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of colleges

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Bass said that the Lineage crisis is an environmental justice issue and highlights the health risks communities of color are disproportionately exposed to.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
In recent years, major museums, including the American Museum of Natural History, the Penn Museum, and the Met, have removed human remains from exhibition or returned them to descendant communities.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of communities

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Two New World screwworm cases in dogs are among more than 30 confirmed instances in Texas and New Mexico, prompting warnings Wednesday from veterinarians and humane societies that pet owners need to remain vigilant to protect their animals.

— John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
And therefore people are asking themselves basic questions about how to shape or reshape their societies, bodies, families, and how to rebuild communities.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 July 2026

Definition of societies

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The port has established green shipping corridor partnerships with hubs in Shanghai, Singapore, Guangzhou, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya and partners in Vietnam.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
Today's rewards debit cards are typically issued through partnerships between fintech companies or consumer brands and smaller, Durbin-exempt banks.

— Ryley Amond, CNBC, 14 July 2026

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