participates

Definition of participatesnext
present tense third-person singular of participate
as in shares
to take a share or part eager to participate in the city's cultural life

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Recent Examples of participates However, the airports where each airline participates vary. Jordan Parker aviation, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026 Trump participates in a signing ceremony in the Oval Office. Cate Martel, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2026 The zoo also participates in The Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan, which aims to help ensure giraffe populations in accredited facilities remain genetically diverse and stable. Kendrick Calfee january 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026 Advertisement And in STEM, the field responsible for solving humanity’s hardest challenges, disconnection is slowing innovation and narrowing who participates in shaping a better future. Reshma Saujani, Time, 7 Jan. 2026 The Narwhal’s mission is to secure the country’s maritime borders, but its crew also participates in search and rescue missions, enforces immigration laws, oversees local fisheries and responds to oil spills. Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 3 Jan. 2026 Muehlschlegel routinely participates in these conversations and says the routine use of ableist language can be highly influential. O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 2 Jan. 2026 If White participates — and looks like himself — in the majority of those games, then the Bulls shouldn’t have a problem finding a buyer for their guard. Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026 Every week, Janmohamed participates in a call with the White House’s World Cup task force. Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
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  • If a 70-degree day in January is your siren song, Hernandez shares some home remedies as well.
    Robbie Owens, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Jason shares daughters Wyatt, 6, Elliotte, 4, Bennett, 2, and Finnley, who turns 1 in March, with his wife, Kylie Kelce.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
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  • The organizers pledged to continue the campaign throughout awards season to ensure the public knows the names of Good and others killed by ICE agents in shootings.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Amal Clooney knows all about dressing for the occasion.
    Meg Walters, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026

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“Participates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/participates. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.

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