syndicate 1 of 2

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as in Mafia
a group involved in secret or criminal activities a syndicate of counterfeiters

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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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syndicate

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verb

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Recent Examples of syndicate
Noun
In April, SoftBank unveiled a plan to invest $40 billion in OpenAI, of which $10 billion will be syndicated out to co-investors, valuing the ChatGPT creator at $300 billion. Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 Even with Bing and Brave available, companies are going to extremes to syndicate Google Search results. Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
Verb
Harper, June 10 Image King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby The best-selling Southern crime novelist returns with a gripping story about a finance manager who, while visiting his injured father in Virginia, becomes slowly ensnared in his brother’s dangerous dealings with a vicious drug syndicate. Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025 In April, Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction after police stepped up surveillance and restricted their activities. Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for syndicate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for syndicate
Noun
  • Tsien is on the Steering Committee for the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc) and is a board member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 July 2025
  • In addition to dancing for several musicals, Louis-Fernand has also performed in various concerts and appeared in music videos with Diplo, Jesy Nelson and Swedish House Mafia, among others, according to his biography on Evita's cast site.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Both Maduro and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello are under federal indictment in the U.S. for allegedly leading the Los Soles drug cartel.
    Antonio Maria Delgado July 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
  • Prosecutors allege Ovidio Guzman Lopez and his brother, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, ran a faction of the Sinaloa cartel.
    Christine Fernando, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • Information for this article was contributed by Matthew Lee and Seung Min Kim of The Associated Press.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
  • Editor’s note: This information was contributed by Our Companions Animal Sanctuary.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • America's brave men and women are removing murderers, MS-13 gang members, pedophiles, rapists—truly the worst of the worst from Golden State communities.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
  • The cartels have also made use of the city’s entrenched street gangs, which have proven more than capable of breaking down the product and delivering it to the streets.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The State Department is also adding 11 hotels to its Cuba restriction list and its Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List, which include companies and properties linked to the Cuban government and the military conglomerate GAESA.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 13 July 2025
  • Meanwhile, Legendary last year bought out the stake Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group owned in the company.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • These interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity.
    Janelle Griffith, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • There are also carefully edited gift shops like Trésors Publics, which has become a New Nice institution.
    Sloane Crosley, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • For the first time since Nielsen began tracking TV use by platform four years ago — and probably the first time ever, considering broadcast’s dominant place for much of television history — over-the-air networks accounted for less than 20 percent of viewing in June.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2025
  • News Politics Growing food fridge network to combat Baltimore’s long-standing scarcity PUBLISHED: July 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT Volunteers launched the Bmore Community Fridge Network to help neighbors struggling with food insecurity access healthy options in food deserts.
    Gabriella Fine, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • As a starting point, the U.S. Defense Department should work with Ukrainian companies to manufacture drones in the United States, with the understanding that those drones would then be provided to both the Ukrainian and the U.S. militaries.
    JON FINER, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2025
  • Indi + Ash proudly manufactures in India and sees every garment as an opportunity to highlight the artistry of local craftspeople.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 7 July 2025

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“Syndicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syndicate. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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