interact

verb

Definition of interactnext
as in to collaborate
as in collaborate The students interacted with each other in the classroom.

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Recent Examples of interact The adolescent’s ability to use their phone to access social media and continuous news, interact with artificial intelligence and play games often broadens their perspectives and encourages individual creativity. — Elizabeth Dowdell, The Conversation, 6 July 2026 For example, SeniorMatch states that all members must complete photo verification before interacting with others, while other platforms may use different combinations of account verification, profile review, or identity-confirmation tools. — Matthew Kayser updated July 6, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026 Regulators argue the problem isn’t just bad actors on the fringes, since it’s baked into how the primary and secondary markets interact. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026 And 85% of respondents in one national survey said interacting with pets reduces loneliness. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for interact
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interact
  1. collaborate
  2. deal
  3. mingle
  4. cooperate
  5. communicate
  6. relate
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  • Another Driving Connections priority is collaborating with partner agencies like the Chicago Department of Aviation, or CDA, to advance regional transportation, officials said.
    — Marni Pike, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Earlier this week Iran also pushed back against a statement from France’s President Emmanuel Macron that said France, Oman and others would collaborate on removing mines from the strait.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Definition of collaborate
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  • Cardrooms have continued to offer blackjack and other banked games such as baccarat by giving players the option to take turns dealing the game and by relying on third-party businesses that employ people to act as bankers.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The Supreme Court dealt an additional blow in late June, ruling that states may count mail-in ballots that arrive after the polls close, as long as they’re postmarked by Election Day.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of deal
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  • The choice yields a brighter, richer, more varied and nuanced story in which coming-of-age tropes mingle with Gileadean bleakness to reveal new facets of a state premised on male supremacy.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026
  • Wives, fiancées and children mingled around practice while players prepared for another international competition.
    — Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of mingle
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  • The sheriff's office added that Butler showed no signs of intoxication during the incident and cooperated with authorities.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Every backyard astronomer should be able to see it without any special equipment (if the weather cooperates).
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
Definition of cooperate
Verb
  • Every firefly species uses a distinct blinking pattern to communicate, according to Insider Science.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • And this was really a new way for a president to communicate with the American people.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Definition of communicate
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  • Investigators said there was no evidence that the shootings were related.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Even tracks that might have lived elsewhere find their place once a world begins to form around them—a palette of emotional colors that don’t need to match, only to relate.
    — Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
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