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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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Free The Charlotte Pride Festival will feature live music, including a performance by Lauren Sanderson, along with hundreds of vendors, community organizations, food trucks and local businesses.

— Evan Moore August 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
What organizations choose to do with that data, and who is accountable for the decision, is the question the surveys do not answer.

— Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of organizations

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Soon after those 2011 protests, Brand Modi was carefully marketed on television channels and burgeoning social media platforms as the redemptive opposite of the images, associations, and stereotypes attached to the corrupt and feckless system.

— Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
Bringing the companies together gives Kraft Heinz an opportunity to refresh those childhood associations for another generation.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of associations

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To get there, Southeast Asia needs an integrated ecosystem that connects Earth observation, AI, scientific expertise and trusted public institutions.

— Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
MacBrennan Peet, founder of Project 0, said on the On The Margin podcast that building for institutions is the wrong goal.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of institutions

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Community colleges that want to offer non-credit classes are able to move especially fast, because the approval process is less cumbersome.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
While colleges can now directly pay athletes through revenue sharing, NIL is supposed to involve companies paying athletes for use of their right of publicity akin to endorsement deals in pro sports.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of colleges

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Thresholds of sea level for which homes and roads in coastal communities like South Florida were engineered would be crossed faster than expected.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Their purchase set an all-time record in all Cliffs’ communities.

— Joe Marusak July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

Definition of communities

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What other research is being done Researchers increasingly treat trust as a multilevel phenomenon – spanning individuals, relationships, networks of people and societies – rather than a single attitude.

— Yigit Topoglu, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
In human societies, the policing of speech, which is meant to reform the thoughts behind it, risks merely leaving thoughts unspoken.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of societies

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Its broader stablecoin strategy is largely partnership‑driven, teaming up with platforms like MoonPay and joining consortiums like Paxos’ Global Dollar network so users can spend and receive stablecoins via Mastercard cards.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Apart from ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy, two other consortiums hold exploration licenses in the Cypriot EEZ.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026

Definition of consortia

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The initiative began in 2016 as a way to honor and build awareness for African, African American and Caribbean cuisine with partnerships, culinary events and marketing campaigns intended to highlight small, local food and beverage businesses.

— Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
One of the most notable watch partnerships at sea belongs to Explora Journeys, which opened the first-ever Rolex boutique aboard a cruise ship.

— Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026

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