Thesaurus results for PARTICIPATES

participates

verb

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 Membership access should simply be tied to how someone participates in the community. — Stephy Beck, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Fulton currently participates in 12 TADs, Ellis explained, eight of which are inside Atlanta city limits. — Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 16 July 2026 Dale Claypoole is a member of the Land Park Volunteer Corps and participates in cleanup days at the park, helping with gardens that are adjacent to Sutterville Road. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026 Hernandez is a volunteer at community mutual aid events, according to his campaign website, and an activist who participates in local demonstrations. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 7 July 2026 Alaska participates in a non-partisan top 4 primary election, meaning there is only one ballot and all candidates are listed together, regardless of political party. — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 3 July 2026 Later, Enola also participates in a horseback chase and violent fistfight with the female villain. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026 Known to get into the minutiae of coding himself, Andreou actively participates in building tools, with a vibrant personality that commands the room. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026 The event goes beyond a traditional lecture and encourages participates to share and connect their own experiences to the country’s history, organizers said. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

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Kibale Lodges shares the ethos of the group’s other four lodges, employing only Ugandans to run and manage properties, and fusing luxury with social and environmental impact, through Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust (VSPT).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2026
The Shameless star shares a daughter, 5, and son, 3, with husband Sam Esmail.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026

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Hard to follow the money No one knows the exact scale of cartel donations to Mexican political campaigns, but even former electoral officials acknowledge the sums are significant.

— Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
The two of them party hard enough and often enough that local police officer Montgomery (Missi Pyle) knows them by name; when some particularly irresponsible carousing crosses a line, however, they’re slapped with a community service sentence.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 July 2026

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