cooperatives

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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperatives
Noun
  • Porat closed by urging leaders to really dig in and reimagine what’s possible in their own organizations.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Michelle encourages people to not just wear the color pink or purchase products at the register, but to ensure the foundations and organizations receiving your money actually use it to support breast cancer research.
    Ariel Nagi, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Allow your older feline to smell your hands or items carrying the kitten’s scent, rewarding her with treats to form positive associations.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • So did the Independence Council PTA, which collectively represents the parent teacher associations at all ISD schools.
    Ilana Arougheti Updated October 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Policy debates in the United States over the utility of multilateral institutions and interdependence have been fierce for a long time, even throughout the Cold War.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Vocational schools were regarded as an afterthought, a last-ditch option, offering vastly less prestige than traditional universities, particularly vaunted Ivy League institutions.
    Stephen Tave, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Their philanthropy touches all 12 of the university’s schools and colleges, as well as the university’s libraries, student affairs, athletics and various funds across campus.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The headcount is up 5% at four-year public institutions over that same period and 10% at two-year colleges.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The surge in demand is already driving up energy prices and fueling political backlash as sprawling data centers turn into election-season flashpoints in the communities where they are being constructed.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • As New Yorkers showed today, Americans – especially young people and communities of color – are demanding leaders with vision who stand with the oppressed, not the powerful; who build peace and prosperity instead of profit from war and division.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In fact, Pittsburgh’s Black community boasted a symphony orchestra, a mandolin string quartet, an orphanage, and a long list of literary societies and fraternal organizations.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The more fragile our societies become, the slower the transition away from fossil fuels.
    Natalie Unterstell, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The bidding process featured some exclusive windows for Skydance but also periods when offers came in from Sony and Apollo or consortiums led by Barry Diller and Edgar Bronfman Jr.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In July, commissioners had voted to have Levine Cava start negotiating potential deals with both consortiums, but did not give a deadline at that time.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Wolvaardt tried to keep the chase alive through partnerships with Sinalo Jafta (16) and Annerie Dercksen, who scored 35.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Each group must decide how to spend its resources, build its industries and form partnerships.
    Kaleb Demerew, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025

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“Cooperatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooperatives. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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