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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
  • The Chinese team proposes embedding the radar antenna, control components and associated equipment inside the aircraft’s wing.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Kratom and 7-OH drew media attention in Los Angeles County last year when both substances, along with others, were linked to the deaths of six people, prompting state officials to pull associated products off the shelves.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of associated
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  • Pressure for Britain — along with the United States, Portugal, Spain and others who profited from slavery — to pay reparations has increased in recent years as Caribbean and African nations united behind the issue.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Huerta in Stockton and Chávez in San José — and later united over their common concern for farmworkers.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of united
Adjective
  • The leadership of the Tokyo Film Festival and its affiliated content market TIFFCOM were also on hand, including Festival Director Takeo Hisamatsu, TIFFCOM CEO Yasushi Shiina, and TIFFCOM Managing Director Kaori Ikeda.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026
  • By the end of 2000, about 80% of its more than 30,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries and territories were operated by franchisees, licensees, or affiliated companies.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 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
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  • 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
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  • 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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