as in partnerships
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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Recent Examples of hookups
The camping fees shown on that website depend on location, lodge or site options, available toilet facilities, and whether electricity or hookups are available.
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
As their hot hookups and sexting deepen into a real relationship, the two hockey stars are forced to keep their sizzling romance secret due to their very public careers, and the fear of how coming out would impact their professional and private lives.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
On Wednesday, Duff ramped up the anticipation for her new album, teasing a new song about dive bar hookups, inconvenient roommates, and a once-red-hot romance fizzling into the tombs of relationship graveyards.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
Heated Rivalry follows rival professional hockey captains Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) through eight years of competition and clandestine hookups.
—Angelina Mazza, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
Other features include washer-dryer hookups, fireplaces and patios.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025
Data centers across Santa Clara and Northern Virginia are sitting idle, waiting for grid hookups that could take years.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025
For an extra cozy evening of stargazing, stay at Summer Lake Hot Springs, a 145-acre resort with guest houses, cabins, campgrounds, and RV hookups and natural hot springs onsite.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 12 Nov. 2025
The utility temporarily banned any new water hookups in Desert Hills in 2021.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Paula Wethington, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
As their hot hookups and sexting deepen into a real relationship, the two hockey stars are forced to keep their sizzling romance secret due to their very public careers, and the fear of how coming out would impact their professional and private lives.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
On Wednesday, Duff ramped up the anticipation for her new album, teasing a new song about dive bar hookups, inconvenient roommates, and a once-red-hot romance fizzling into the tombs of relationship graveyards.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
Heated Rivalry follows rival professional hockey captains Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) through eight years of competition and clandestine hookups.
—Angelina Mazza, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
Other features include washer-dryer hookups, fireplaces and patios.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025
Data centers across Santa Clara and Northern Virginia are sitting idle, waiting for grid hookups that could take years.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025
For an extra cozy evening of stargazing, stay at Summer Lake Hot Springs, a 145-acre resort with guest houses, cabins, campgrounds, and RV hookups and natural hot springs onsite.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 12 Nov. 2025
The utility temporarily banned any new water hookups in Desert Hills in 2021.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hookups
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What has long been a tool for brands to innovate and surprise shoppers with unexpected partnerships continues to fall flat more often in a progressively crowded space.—
Andrea Bossi,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2026
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And which corporations or corporate partnerships, which are such a huge part, of course, of the Fallout universe, may have been colluding and why?—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Jan. 2026
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From his perspective, this sourcing capability reflects the company’s ongoing relationships with sellers across its network.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Seeing the deeper ways relationships and systems link together could shed some interesting light.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Friendship with a particular person, or group associations in general, can be uplifting and tangibly helpful in building both opportunity and confidence.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Advocacy groups and the various associations of government service providers who lobby the Legislature are likely to press lawmakers not to make reductions at the same time as the federal government.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Good, 37, and her partner had connections to Kansas City, living in the area as recently as the fall of 2023, court records show.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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The action eventually moves to Medellín, with Pine on the trail of a smooth young Colombian mogul, Teddy Dos Santos (Diego Calva), whose combination of philanthropic ties and unsavory connections sound a bit too familiar.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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Bowie enjoyed fruitful collaborations with a number of other rock and roll luminaries, like Iggy Pop and Lou Reed.—
Alex Heigl,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Lululemon has shifted from its historically sleek and highly functional aesthetic toward louder branding and collaborations, such as with Disney, that are not aligned with the core customer.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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Jennifer Singh does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.—
Jennifer Singh,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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More information about his affiliations is available on the websites of both institutions.—
Robert Muggah,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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