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team (up)

verb

Definition of team (up)next
as in to cooperate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end the television broadcast networks will be teaming up for joint coverage of the event

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for team (up)
  1. cooperate
  2. collaborate
  3. unite
Verb
  • AfD appears just short of an absolute majority, leaving questions over whether other parties’ refusal to cooperate can still keep Germany’s first far-right state government from emerging.
    — Geir Moulson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • If the horizon is clear and the weather cooperates, these are the evenings to circle on your skywatching calendar.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of cooperate
Verb
  • Haim and her sisters are longtime friends of Swift’s and have collaborated on various musical projects.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Which sounds naff, but a great company is just actually a collection of processes that [also allow people to] innovate and change and collaborate.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of collaborate
Verb
  • House of the Dragon, meanwhile, specified that the prophecy was about a Targaryen ruler who would unite Westeros against a coming darkness from the far north.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • To watch 2026 college football means receiving the impression that all of sports and politics are united in favor of a perfect bill, and none of that is the case.
    — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of unite
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“Team (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/team%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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