as in partnership
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
the drama club's hookup with a local acting company provided several aspiring young actors with experience doing summer theater
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as in to travel
to come or be together as friends
former classmates who hooked up and started a business together
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Recent Examples of hookup
Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
The Double Duo's power is supplied by a standard RV-style hookup and it's cooled by a Mitsubishi mini-split air-conditioning system.
—Adam Williams
may 20, New Atlas, 20 May 2025
Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 June 2025
Investigators found the water tank was filled before the woman bought the RV, but it was also hooked up to the municipal water supply at the campsite.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
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Noun
His solution: a move away from hookup culture through better user experience.
—Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
The Double Duo's power is supplied by a standard RV-style hookup and it's cooled by a Mitsubishi mini-split air-conditioning system.
—Adam Williams
may 20, New Atlas, 20 May 2025
Verb
The robot contraption all hooks up to a motor that Williams controls from a nearby desk.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 June 2025
Investigators found the water tank was filled before the woman bought the RV, but it was also hooked up to the municipal water supply at the campsite.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hookup
Noun
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The minimum qualifications for this job are 15 years of progressive leadership experience supporting clients or staff across multiple regions and programs and at least 10 years leading partnerships results at a national scale.—
Terina Allen,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Analysts say the resort will open to Russian tourists first, as evidenced by its booming military and other partnerships with Russia, before eventually opening to Chinese tours.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2025
Verb
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Portnoy recalls traveling with her husband to four different medical institutions after a year of misdiagnosis.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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Located within the downtown area, anchor your stay by parking your car (free of charge) and traveling on foot to explore shops, the farmers market, and restaurants.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
28 June 2025
Noun
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The relationship with the United Kingdom is very strong.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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The shakeup splits the boys and girls into separate villas for several days, where they're met with a fresh group of Bombshells ready to turn heads, cause drama and put every relationship to the test.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
25 June 2025
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Side-stepping the kind of vast content-library construction now associated with services like Amazon Prime Video or HBO Max, Apple TV+ has accumulated just a few hundred titles over its six years in existence, curated around its relatively tiny collection of original films and TV shows.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Measures include strengths associated with commercial, people, operational, sustainability, and technology.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Noun
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So while the phone's appeal is potentially 'augmented' by the Trump association, the service will be bought on its own merits.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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Just as plantation owners once claimed to know what was best for enslaved people — controlling their movement, their associations, their very thoughts — artificial intelligence systems now make similar claims about human behavior.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
Verb
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Our 6,000 members — and tens of thousands of New Yorkers — are practically running to the polls.—
Audrey Sasson,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2025
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Schnall, the first-year head coach who has led Coastal Carolina to a program-record 56 wins, ran toward home plate to confront Campos.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
Verb
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The virus has mutated substantially on the mainland, on the other side of the causeway connecting the humans’ new island home.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
21 June 2025
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Rosner explains, citing the research of forest-ecologist Suzanne Simard, that trees are connected to one another via proximity, of course, but also through their underground root systems, where chemical substances are exchanged.—
John Baldoni,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
Noun
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Some researchers have reported that ibogaine may be able to help repair areas of the brain by increasing levels of molecules called trophic factors that encourage brain cells to foster new connections, said Kratter, the Stanford researcher.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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While it isn’t commonly practiced outside of Ireland, other cultures have similar rituals in their wedding ceremonies to mark the couple’s connection, like the lasso ceremony or the Hindu granthibandhan ceremony.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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“Hookup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hookup. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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