as in to cooperate
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
in the years following World War II, the U.S. and the nations of western Europe made the decision to federate as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Recent Examples of federate
On the other hand, federated knowledge graphs address data silos by bringing a decentralized approach to data integration.
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Rajiv Shesh, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Collaborate Securely With Federated Learning Models Leverage federated learning to train machine learning models collaboratively across institutions without sharing raw data.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Key steps include: Building A Robust Data Ecosystem Determining the optimal data ecosystem architecture, whether centralized or federated, involves balancing coordination with domain-specific needs, governance and scalability to maximize data value.
—Tina Chakrabarty, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The nonprofit Ebell Club was chartered and federated on March 9, 1984, and since that time members have raised more than $300,000 for numerous philanthropies both within the community, as well as national organizations.
—Sharon Hlapcich, Orange County Register, 20 Feb. 2025
Knowledge graphs can also federate multiple databases together, natively bringing together disparate data.
—Brian Platz, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
There are also cases where the management and execution of that can be highly federated, and there might be multiple people.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Out with the old broken model, in with the New
A fundamental shift away from centralized and federated identity systems is long overdue.
—Alastair Johnson, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
And then that means if a lot of people are federating and self-hosting, that ecosystem can just shift around piece by piece to the services that haven’t shut down their APIs and that haven’t let users feel betrayed.
—Nilay Patel, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
Rajiv Shesh, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Collaborate Securely With Federated Learning Models Leverage federated learning to train machine learning models collaboratively across institutions without sharing raw data.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Key steps include: Building A Robust Data Ecosystem Determining the optimal data ecosystem architecture, whether centralized or federated, involves balancing coordination with domain-specific needs, governance and scalability to maximize data value.
—Tina Chakrabarty, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The nonprofit Ebell Club was chartered and federated on March 9, 1984, and since that time members have raised more than $300,000 for numerous philanthropies both within the community, as well as national organizations.
—Sharon Hlapcich, Orange County Register, 20 Feb. 2025
Knowledge graphs can also federate multiple databases together, natively bringing together disparate data.
—Brian Platz, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
There are also cases where the management and execution of that can be highly federated, and there might be multiple people.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Out with the old broken model, in with the New
A fundamental shift away from centralized and federated identity systems is long overdue.
—Alastair Johnson, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
And then that means if a lot of people are federating and self-hosting, that ecosystem can just shift around piece by piece to the services that haven’t shut down their APIs and that haven’t let users feel betrayed.
—Nilay Patel, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for federate
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Prosecutors drop charges in Hammond drug shooting Court filings show prosecutors dropped charges this week in a Hammond drug shooting, saying the victim wasn’t cooperating.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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About half of housing providers who requested to bump up their rents are cooperating with this request, said Loretta Owens, the Denver Housing Authority’s director of the Housing Choice Voucher Program.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
1 Aug. 2025
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Science united them, via Calista Oetama California oversight agency faults handling of prison use-of-force allegations, via Stephen Hobbs Gavin Newsom says he’s always supported nonpartisan redistricting.—
Amelia Wu,
Sacbee.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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At best, the club could unite Southern California’s rugby communities and its sizable player pool, making the Legion into a giant capable of conquering MLR.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Oreo and Reese’s are collaborating on a new candy and what might be the perfect cookie.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
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Deutsch and his future husband, Bill Parker, collaborated for many years, and Deutsch’s firm eventually was renamed Deutsch/Parker Design.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
30 July 2025
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