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as in chapter
a local unit of an organization our local Humane Society is an affiliate of a national organization

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verb

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Recent Examples of affiliate
Verb
But warning signs of discord between networks and affiliates had been flashing for years. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2025 Elsewhere, on Friday, a man was arrested after shots were fired at a lobby window at the ABC affiliate station in Sacramento, California, police said. Sarah Min, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025 Before Kimmel's suspension, Carr suggested on a podcast that if ABC affiliates didn't take their own action to address Kimmel, the FCC would get involved. Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 20 Sep. 2025 There were no protests taking place at the time of the shooting on Friday, CNN affiliate KCRA reported. Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for affiliate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affiliate
Noun
  • The organization netted $85 million in annual revenue last year, reaching 3,350 chapters (850 college, 2,500 high school), and 700,000 members.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Kirk was fatally shot last week while addressing an event hosted by the Turning Point chapter at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
    Stepheny Price , Ashley Papa , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The preponderance today in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street of Anglophone Brahmins interfacing between the ruling classes of India and the United States, from Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella to Balaji Srinivasan, is no coincidence.
    Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Why Observability Is Breaking Down AI agents are already interfacing with enterprise networks through data that is encrypted, transient and machine-generated.
    Bruce Kelley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Overall, aspirin makes the environment more challenging for cancer to get a foothold in, particularly for people with the genetic makeup predisposed to dysregulated cell function, where cancer cell growth and division is more likely.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2025
  • By keeping parental bonds alive, the charity hopes to break a frequent pattern of an adult’s prison time leaving a child adrift and more likely to be on track for their own path toward a cell.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The lifting of some regulatory burdens on businesses does not mean that the risk associated with dangerous work will disappear, or that companies should stop protecting employees from death and injuries.
    Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Some tracks were also observed near the Apollo 17 landing site and areas associated with seismic activity or tectonic features, indicating that moonquakes or impacts may trigger the boulder falls.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Reality-show judges could include Taylor and Travis confederates: Tree Paine, Sabrina Carpenter, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, and Patrick Mahomes.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Rowling and longtime confederates Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts are exec producing, so she is expected to be involved in the decision-making on the series.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The scent is smoky yet sweet, spicy yet smooth, dark but with an underlying lightness—the result of combining clean white musk with rose, tobacco, suede, and cumin.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The country now surpasses the cocaine production of South American countries Peru and Bolivia combined.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Polish and allied officials have said that the incursion was intentional.
    Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Thaksin briefly allied with Move Forward in an attempt to form a government, but reneged on that deal to instead lead a motley coalition alongside 10 establishment-leaning parties, including two directly responsible for the 2014 ouster of his sister.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the flurry of legal agreements in the past month has made clear, institutions of higher education are not going to hang together in a unified defense against the government’s demands.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Given all these hazards, the broader market hung together OK.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Affiliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affiliate. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.

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