as in collective
used or done by a number of people as a group
shared resources
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as in participated
to take a share or part
everyone in the enterprise will share in the profits
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Recent Examples of shared
Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
Given out for free in streetside orange boxes and in stacks at cafés, The L was stylish and well-informed, highlighting locally famous names and haunts, and establishing a sense of shared community for the corridor.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Tomris Laffly, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Colbert shared a photo of the pair together behind The Daily Show desk 27 years ago.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
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Adjective
Unexcused lateness followed by the bravado of an ego display does not make for a great shared experience.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
Given out for free in streetside orange boxes and in stacks at cafés, The L was stylish and well-informed, highlighting locally famous names and haunts, and establishing a sense of shared community for the corridor.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Verb
Fanning wanted to emphasize Margo’s writerly talents, an intention Kelley shared.
—Tomris Laffly, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Colbert shared a photo of the pair together behind The Daily Show desk 27 years ago.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shared
Adjective
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The collective ire of the group spilled over.—
Amber Gaudet,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2026
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Astrid Suarez, director of collective impact at Niles Township’s Early Childhood Alliance, a nonprofit that provides early literacy opportunities to families, said Chamber events like this are what inspires organizations like hers to keep going.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Nailor, Dean, Jones and Gay have all participated in the team’s offseason program before the start of OTAs.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Since its founding in 2005, over 20,000 entrepreneurs have participated and $5 million in seed money has been awarded.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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The combined company will operate a fleet of 195 aircraft to serve 175 cities and over 650 routes.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The combined potential audience of the two stations was about two million.—
byNick Tabor,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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The international success of Korean genre filmmaking has opened new collaborative opportunities for Yeon.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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The setup uses two CRX collaborative robots trained through imitation learning, where a human operator first performs the folding task, and the robots learn from those demonstrations.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Domínguez has not played since May 7, when a scary collision into the left-field wall at Yankee Stadium left the 23-year-old with a left shoulder AC joint sprain.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
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Russia and Belarus held joint nuclear exercises earlier this week.—
Dan Bashakov,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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The collaboration is their mutual love letter to growing up in post-war Britain without a lot of privilege but with a lot of help from their school buddies.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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Due to the size of the crowd, mutual aid assistance was requested, and the crowd eventually overwhelmed the barricades and surged through the mall toward the entrance to the Swatch store, police said.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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With six bedrooms, no real communal spaces, and a reception with varying opening hours, this is definitely more guesthouse than hotel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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Once again, the venue has made the argument that cinema can feel like communal, live entertainment.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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“Shared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shared. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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