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
Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Inside the park, Cedar Pass Campground is a reservable, paid campground with nearly 100 sites, including several with electric hookups.
—Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 14 May 2026
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2026
In 1932, the inventor Alois Benjamin Saliger patented the Psycho-phone, a phonograph hooked up to a timer which could play recordings while a person was asleep.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
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Noun
That their hookups were awkward was tough feedback to get during the breakup.
—Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Inside the park, Cedar Pass Campground is a reservable, paid campground with nearly 100 sites, including several with electric hookups.
—Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 14 May 2026
Verb
Qi'ra Before Han Solo hooked up with Princess Leia, Qi'ra was his childhood sweetheart on Corellia.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2026
In 1932, the inventor Alois Benjamin Saliger patented the Psycho-phone, a phonograph hooked up to a timer which could play recordings while a person was asleep.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hookup
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December 22 – January 19 A partnership may feel steadier once the unspoken expectations around money, time, or effort become actual terms.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
23 May 2026
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The organization runs monthly workshops in partnership with So House, alongside resilience workshops led by life coach Chetna Chakravarthy, held online over six-week cycles in groups of 20 to 30 participants per batch.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 May 2026
Verb
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He was joined by about 10 Ukrainian service members who traveled to Chicago for Memorial Day weekend.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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Trump was joined at the White House by Vice President JD Vance, who traveled to Pakistan last month to negotiate directly with the Iranians.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
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In the decades since, theorizing of the relationship between natural and artificial literature spawned a whole new academic field, generally within English departments.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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And whatever rifts had formed in his relationship with Altman were largely absent from social media.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Many people still associate these feelings of modern belonging with the loftiest human possibilities; hence the powerful emotions that are generated when they are brought together—at the Olympic Games, for instance, or the United Nations headquarters in New York.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Anger is not an emotion typically associated with Jeffries.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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As well as attracting huge foot traffic to its stores, the company’s brand benefits from its association with one of the Switzerland’s most storied watchmakers.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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In a 2019 genome-wide association study published in Nature Communications, researchers identified 351 genetic loci associated with morning chronotype (up from just 24 a decade ago) in a meta-analysis of nearly 700,000 individuals.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Made from a breathable, sweat-wicking fabric, these versatile pants are perfect for light activities like long walks, warm-ups, running errands, and busy travel days.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
20 May 2026
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Lollipops in every shape and size, run like fence posts throughout the tables.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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While some plaintiffs who took the bait may have been only grossly ignorant, certainly some were guilty of bad faith, anti-Blackness, and opportunistic collaboration with white supremacy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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The Times/Siena Poll is a collaboration between The New York Times and Siena Research Institute, part of ReconMR.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper warns that a massive fish kill stretching at least 20 miles has occurred on the Chattahoochee River near the city of Atlanta, likely connected to heavy rains that caused flooding this week.—
Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
23 May 2026
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Caltrans has also been building a bike and pedestrian path alongside the northbound span to connect the American River Parkway with Sacramento city trails.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2026
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“Hookup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hookup. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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