leagued

verb

past tense of league
1
as in united
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members the whole block leagued together to keep a liquor store from opening in their neighborhood

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2
as in collaborated
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end some unlikely political bedfellows leagued together to get the bill passed

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Recent Examples of leagued The leagued released a scheduling matrix with KU playing 18 Big 12 games. — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leagued
  1. united
  2. collaborated
  3. cooperated
  4. allied
  5. federated
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  • The Tkachuk bothers have united in Florida, which could give the league a marketing opportunity that breaks through to more casual sports fans who don’t follow the NHL on a regular basis.
    — Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • And recent independent polling shows that the measure does appeal strongly to Republicans — but not Democrats, who are united in opposition.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of united
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  • Roberts collaborated with renowned flute player Katisse Buckingham, who played jazz flute and Tim Loo, who assembled a group of musicians.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Designers such as Jean-Paul Gaultier and Matières Fécales’ Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran — who have recently collaborated with Louboutin — also joined to show support for the shoe master.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of collaborated
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  • Saudi Arabia does not have formal diplomatic ties with Israel, but the countries have long cooperated on security and intelligence matters through alternative channels.
    — DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The semi driver was not injured and has cooperated with the investigation.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of cooperated
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  • But expanding domestic and allied capacity to manufacture the most critical medicines and ingredients — and maintain adequate strategic reserves — would dramatically reduce China’s leverage in any future crisis.
    — Patrick McHenry, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Just days before, the TPLF publicly allied with other Ethiopian armed groups aiming to overthrow the federal government.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of allied
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  • Is the integration management office strategically empowered with the authority, accountability and federated PMO ecosystem needed to orchestrate people, partners and workstreams across both entities through go-live?
    — Tipu Usha Vaithee Swaran, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The nonprofit Ebell Club was chartered and federated on March 9, 1984, and since that time, members have raised more than $300,000 for numerous philanthropies both within the community and national organizations.
    — Sharon Hlapcich, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026
Definition of federated

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“Leagued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leagued. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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