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Definition of federatednext
as in associated

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verb

past tense of federate
as in united
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 federated
Adjective
TEEs, federated learning, MPC, FHE and differential privacy address different risks. — Dr. Najwa Aaraj, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 This federated learning strategy, which allows the decentralized network of AI models to learn from aggregated data, could eventually scale across entire geographic regions or countries, Hellander explained. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
Is the integration management office strategically empowered with the authority, accountability and federated PMO ecosystem needed to orchestrate people, partners and workstreams across both entities through go-live? — Tipu Usha Vaithee Swaran, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 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 and national organizations. — Sharon Hlapcich, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for federated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for federated
  1. associated
  2. united
  3. affiliated
  4. cooperated
  5. collaborated
  6. merged
Adjective
  • As more people use kratom and other associated products, there’s a growing recognition of the potential risk for addiction.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026
  • So building an eight-cylinder version, complete with the associated challenges of packaging, cooling and exhaust tuning, is quite the undertaking.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of associated
Verb
  • Trump voters were not as united around Marshall, with 9% of them peeling off for Hamilton.
    — Elizabeth Schreier, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The man who so bitterly divided us might ultimately have united us, at least for an evening.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of united
Adjective
  • The union and its affiliated Our Schools PAC reported $620,000 in direct contributions to district candidates, but groups opposed to the union’s influence have spent far more.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Yes on 40, the main group backing the measure, has received more than $30 million, the vast majority from Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) and affiliated organizations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of affiliated
Verb
  • The agent cooperated with police during the initial investigation, the local agency said.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, authorities said.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of cooperated
Verb
  • The two actors only professionally collaborated on 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which Douglas produced and Nicholson starred in.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers from Illinois and Notre Dame collaborated on the project through their respective engineering departments.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of collaborated
Verb
  • The popular versions include the striker’s face merged into photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, late Congolese dictator Mobutu Sese Seko and late Chinese communist revolutionary Mao Zedong.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Morgan merged three major continental railroads into a behemoth known as the Northern Securities Company.
    — Frank Langfitt, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of merged

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“Federated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/federated. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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