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
Antonio Sanchez, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The three countries instead proposed a federated state of Palestine, which would have kept the territory as a single state but with Arab and Jewish cantons.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 21 May 2025
Ajai Paul, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Verb
By 2030, the EU plans to establish a fully operational quantum-safe communication network as a steppingstone toward a federated quantum internet.
—Antonio Sanchez, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The three countries instead proposed a federated state of Palestine, which would have kept the territory as a single state but with Arab and Jewish cantons.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 21 May 2025
Adjective
When integrating with third-party services, federated identity solutions (utilizing protocols such as OAuth or SAML) enable users to grant limited access without sharing their primary login credentials.
—Ajai Paul, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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The scams are so prevalent that more than 150 utilities have united to fight them.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Three South Shore communities have united in opposition to removing I-794.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This is especially the case for people taking associated blood thinners or anti-inflammatory drugs, people allergic to Meloxicam or people with a pre-existing medical condition.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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That analogy neglects the great distances and associated challenges of the Asia theatre.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Still, unwinding this system was difficult in part because two neighboring districts, the Pulaski County Special School District and the North Little Rock School District, cooperated with one another to ensure their districts would remain majority white.—
Time,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Attorneys for Lee and Benson had argued the prosecution’s case was built largely on the testimony of other Wicked Town members who cooperated with authorities in order to get a break in their own cases.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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White was one of the key leaders in Boston’s Curbside Care initiative – a program launched by the Celtics and their affiliated nonprofit, the Shamrock Foundation.—
Shane Young,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lezcano last managed in affiliated baseball with the advanced Class-A Lake Elsinore Storm, a Padres affiliate, from 2007-11.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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On another project, Dutch audiovisual experts collaborated with French-only contractors, a mix that required not just translation, but diplomacy and improvisation.—
Nathanael Bondu,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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To overcome this, the University of Twente team collaborated with researchers and medical professionals from Radboud University Medical Center and the University of Waterloo (Canada).—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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The union merged Castile, then the mightiest and wealthiest kingdom, with Aragon, a maritime power.—
Siobhan Reid,
Robb Report,
7 Sep. 2025
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In 1947, the National Security Act merged the Navy and War departments as well as the Air Force into the National Military Establishment, which became the Department of Defense in 1949.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Federated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/federated. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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