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as in cartel
a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage
a powerful banking syndicate that controls loans in the small country
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Recent Examples of syndicate
Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
But certain big dogs, like the central and syndicated NPR of Morning Edition and All Things Considered, don’t ride or die on federal funding.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Once confined to prison networks in Venezuela’s Aragua state, TDA has grown into a sprawling multinational criminal syndicate.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The station pays about three hundred thousand dollars a year, or fifteen per cent of its budget, to syndicate national programming from PBS; the content comes prepackaged and ready to air.
—Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
But certain big dogs, like the central and syndicated NPR of Morning Edition and All Things Considered, don’t ride or die on federal funding.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
Trump has previously ordered certain drug cartels — including five Mexican syndicates — to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations, and last month signed a Pentagon directive initiating the use of military force against drug trafficking groups.
—semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Once confined to prison networks in Venezuela’s Aragua state, TDA has grown into a sprawling multinational criminal syndicate.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syndicate
Noun
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The series follows the Black Mafia Family in Detroit and is based on a true story.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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On the surface, the crime drama follows the rise and fall of the Black Mafia Family — one of the most influential crime families in the country.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Continue reading … SHEEN COMES CLEAN – Charlie Sheen reveals how his massive drug habit alarmed the drug cartel supplying him.—
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FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Hollywood Reporter has picked five unmissable features from this year’s typically eclectic lineup, ranging from a Belgian punk-music satire to a Mexican cartel thriller to a horror movie told entirely from the perspective of a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Reporting by the Associated Press contributed to this article.—
Robert Birsel
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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In an interview with Esquire shortly after Bring Her Back was released in theaters, Danny Philippou discussed how the success of Talk to Me contributed to the expectations of the brothers’ second horror thriller.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Don’t Get High, an alpha dork and her merry gang of dweebs start an anti-drug group at their high school to make friends and influence people.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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This week, 32 member states of the OAS issued a joint statement supporting efforts by the United States and Panama to field a more aggressive force into Haiti to fight the gangs.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Last month, Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance, India's retail-to-telecom conglomerate, also announced plans to list his telecom business, Jio Platforms, in the first half of 2026.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Driven by moral outrage and worries about reputational risk, top conglomerates like Netflix suspended services and halted new projects and acquisitions in Russia, while all of America’s major movie studios paused film releases and distribution there.—
Ilan Berman,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The network denied the claims but admitted it was edited due to time constraints.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But the virtual absence of the major broadcast networks across the board elsewhere only underscored how dramatically the business has shifted to streaming platforms.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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By making the cameras solar-powered and connected over cell networks, Flock brought the technology within reach of smaller towns and departments that couldn’t afford earlier systems.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Since April, Beijing has required licenses for certain exports, sending ripple effects across worldwide manufacturing sectors.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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The prosecutor, Deputy District Attorney Kate Jewett, argued that Gladney was the one who was enraged, and that the homicide was committed with an unregistered AR-15 likely manufactured by Gladney himself.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Syndicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syndicate. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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