participates

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 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 The company participates in emergency calls, listens to organizations already operating in affected areas, and tries to verify needs before moving equipment or supplies. Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
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  • The Grammy Award-winning singer shares her kids with her ex-partner Gerard Piqué, the legendary soccer player from Barcelona.
    Emma Banks, InStyle, 19 July 2026
  • Privacy advocates like Donath are worried by the connectivity of all these cameras — Ring shares video data with the security company Flock, and Wired reported that Meta embedded facial recognition technology in its new smart glasses.
    T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
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  • Another gripe for many is the American accents uniformly applied to these characters from Greek mythology when everyone knows that all the glorious empires of Hollywood speak exclusively in British accents.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • No one knows all the factors behind the population’s recent boom, although researchers point to recent extreme weather events and climate change, perhaps compounded with a rise in shipping traffic over recent decades.
    Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

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“Participates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/participates. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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