as in to organize
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Recent Examples of unionize
This is the second bargaining cycle for Hearst Magazines, whose staffers voted to unionize during the Covid lockdown in 2020.
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Issues at Bowen Tower Barlow said that she and her neighbors were inspired to unionize after watching the Independence Towers tenant union successfully achieve better living conditions through a similar rent strike nearby.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
College athletes are not currently recognized as employees, which is important under labor law, as only employees can unionize and collectively bargain.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Thanks to years of work by UNITE HERE, the Las Vegas Strip is now 100 percent union, and the United Auto Workers notched an electrifying victory in Chattanooga, Tennessee when workers at the Volkswagen factory voted to unionize.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Issues at Bowen Tower Barlow said that she and her neighbors were inspired to unionize after watching the Independence Towers tenant union successfully achieve better living conditions through a similar rent strike nearby.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
College athletes are not currently recognized as employees, which is important under labor law, as only employees can unionize and collectively bargain.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Thanks to years of work by UNITE HERE, the Las Vegas Strip is now 100 percent union, and the United Auto Workers notched an electrifying victory in Chattanooga, Tennessee when workers at the Volkswagen factory voted to unionize.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unionize
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Though well organized, none of the material had been digitized.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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There’s no excuse not to keep your toiletries organized when this Eddie Bauer Voyager Kit costs just $5 at Marshall’s.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2026
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The pair married in 2022 and have collaborated on a handful of songs together.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
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The universities of Chicago, Northwestern and Illinois are on all lists of top-tier research institutions in the world, and their scientists collaborate with those at suburban Argonne and Fermilab.—
Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Unionize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unionize. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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