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 But not every state participates. Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Stephen Colbert regularly participates in Q&A’s with actors, writers and directors as part of Montclair Film’s programming. Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025 Newsweek participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025 While Steph participates in a Mars simulation project, her sister participates in an encampment of Indigenous activists, protesting Steph’s mission. Eliana Ramage september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 Anyone living in a community that participates in NFIP qualifies for federal flood insurance, but people can also buy it privately. Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025 Culver still participates in theater through her church, Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, but mainly as a director. Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025 Marvell's results will give us a look into the health of ASIC (custom AI accelerator) and networking markets which Broadcom also participates in. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025 The Braun Foundation funds the program and participates in selecting the recipients, who are chosen for their resilience, leadership and drive to honor their parents’ legacies. Sean Mandell, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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  • Though Andre officially ended things with his other flame, Ashley (Jen Jacob), Dani's daughter's abduction has forced her to spend some questionable quality time with her ex-husband Bill (Timon Kyle Durrett), who, it should be noted, shares a last name with Devon Winters' birth mother Yolanda.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And Bruce Willis’ wife shares her journey from model to caregiver.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • And provided the overall customer experience meets the customer’s expectations, which includes the sales process, ease of doing business, customer support and product quality, why would a customer take a chance on leaving a company that knows them for a company that doesn’t?
    Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Only God knows what the future will be like, but yes, there is a will to live.
    Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Participates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/participates. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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