cope (with)

verb

Definition of cope (with)next
as in to address
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently coped with the latest foul-up gracefully

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cope (with)
  1. address
  2. handle
  3. manipulate
  4. manage
  5. treat
  6. take
  7. negotiate
Verb
  • Prediction markets see low odds that Warsh will address these key matters in his address.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The program aims to address the overwhelming stress and concern people living with dementia and their caregivers have due to progression of the disease.
    — Hillary Lum, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of address
Verb
  • Other areas of concern are the library system's self-check-out kiosks, instances in which minor teenagers handle materials while working or volunteering at a branch, and platforms for loaning electronic materials, Adams said.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Taylor Farms works with hundreds of family farms for its produce and handles processing, packaging and distribution itself.
    — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of handle
Verb
  • In virtually every practice, Rodgers gives the young quarterbacks a small piece of information — how to throw the ball on the run, how to carry out play-action, how to manipulate defenders with their eyes.
    — Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • New tools in neuroscience have allowed researchers to manipulate the activity of specific neurons in mice brains.
    — Danny G. Winder, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of manipulate
Verb
  • With much of the country's economy geared toward its lucrative and well-managed fishing industry, fishing rights have been a talking point in the run-up to the referendum.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Rebecca Sanders, a national safety practice leader at the transportation consulting firm Fehr & Peers, led a 2019 report at Arizona State University and Toole Design looking at various strategies used across the country to manage speed.
    — Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of manage
Verb
  • Car parts, for example, are generally treated like other goods from China despite ongoing tensions over the country’s fast-growing auto sector.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Dark circles are the anchor of tired girl makeup, treated as a feature to style rather than a flaw to cover.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of treat
Verb
  • Fewer suicide attempts will also mean fewer lengthy bridge closures, which affect national security and require drivers to take a 23-mile detour through Imperial Beach and up the Silver Strand to get from San Diego to Coronado.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Getting a women’s soccer team off the ground takes its challenges, which Keeley Jones (Juno Temple) and Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) have begun to realize four episodes into the fourth season of Ted Lasso.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of take
Verb
  • The deal was negotiated by Steven Bestwick of The Yellow Affair and Bill Guentzler and RJ Millard on behalf of Obscured Releasing.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
  • If the lockout does go through all of 2027, do players not accrue any service time or will that be something that is negotiated/resolved when a deal is ultimately reached?
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of negotiate
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“Cope (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cope%20%28with%29. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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