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
Seal entry points to exclude ants from your kitchen; inspect areas for any gaps around doors, windows, and plumbing or appliance hookups, especially pipes under kitchen sinks.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 9 June 2026
Skydream uses its Hyper-Dimensional Energy Management System to reduce dependence on campground hookups.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Campsites The park has two primitive (no hookups) campsites—one in each of the two main units.
—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026
As in previous seasons (set in Hawaii, Sicily and Thailand), comedy will be fueled by cultural friction involving demanding American guests and stubborn French hotel staff, but there will also be some sexy hookups between guests and workers, according to sources.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 May 2026
For wireless hookups, the laptops offer Wi-Fi 7 and available 5G WWAN.
—Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
The show’s storylines have largely revolved around drunken fights, messy breakups, hookups and cheating allegations while occasionally weaving in more serious conversations about race, mental health and fractured childhoods.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 27 May 2026
Absent are the American-style softcore night vision hookups from a surveillance camera in the corner of a bedroom.
—Sarah Wang, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
That their hookups were awkward was tough feedback to get during the breakup.
—Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 9 June 2026
Skydream uses its Hyper-Dimensional Energy Management System to reduce dependence on campground hookups.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Campsites The park has two primitive (no hookups) campsites—one in each of the two main units.
—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026
As in previous seasons (set in Hawaii, Sicily and Thailand), comedy will be fueled by cultural friction involving demanding American guests and stubborn French hotel staff, but there will also be some sexy hookups between guests and workers, according to sources.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 May 2026
For wireless hookups, the laptops offer Wi-Fi 7 and available 5G WWAN.
—Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
The show’s storylines have largely revolved around drunken fights, messy breakups, hookups and cheating allegations while occasionally weaving in more serious conversations about race, mental health and fractured childhoods.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 27 May 2026
Absent are the American-style softcore night vision hookups from a surveillance camera in the corner of a bedroom.
—Sarah Wang, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
That their hookups were awkward was tough feedback to get during the breakup.
—Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hookups
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The community also signed cooperation agreements with KPS, the Institute of Language Sciences of Shanghai International Studies University, AltStory, and Kuaizi, with the partnerships focused on data sets, linguistic corpus building, and research into AI agents.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 June 2026
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Third, augment human capabilities with AI, connected architecture and long-term partnerships — with humans always in the lead.—
Harpreet Sidhu,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
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This World Cup, with its unprecedented global outreach, offers a unique opportunity to observe the values, beliefs and relationships that players choose to display on their bodies.—
Gustavo Morello,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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Rather than seeking to modernize the text through flamboyant stylistic devices, director Gaël Morel offers a nuanced reinterpretation of its human relationships, focusing on how the characters interact, confront one another, and engage in dialogue.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
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Brennan explained that explorations of society’s associations with mental health, both broadly in the aftermath of World War II and specifically Gein’s own struggles with schizophrenia, were key when penning the script.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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The letter was signed by representatives of four employee groups, including associations representing office, public works, supervisory, professional, managerial and confidential employees.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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Physical connections to those facilities will ensure that the new campus will be integrated into their care, Araujo said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Latency is generally the result of the many waypoints video data goes through between field and screen, as well as the fact that streamers build in a bit of buffer time to prevent feeds from constantly stopping and starting when internet connections falter.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
12 June 2026
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Amy and Bill Koman are passionate cancer research advocates and co-founders of Curebound, a cancer research accelerator forging powerful collaborations to advance innovative science into lifesaving cures.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
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Specials change with the season and often involve collaborations with other favorite local food businesses.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
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Michael Gregory 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.—
Michael Gregory,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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Previous online bullying prompts statement Concern over Annis' previous affiliations are just the tip of the iceberg of how carefully dissected Love Island contestants become.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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