coact

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Verb
  • That skill mimics mortality, Lee said, with the Chinese firm calling it another step toward fully autonomous machines capable of working 24/7.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • Such a beautiful sculpture, mimicking the swirls found in nature (the cosmos, shells, Fibonacci-following topiary) felt a far cry from the swirl of emotions prompted by my favorite TV shows.
    Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Here was a government that had explicitly borrowed from Beijing’s developmental playbook and sincerely attempted to imitate it, but failed.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • These are glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists that imitate a natural hormone in the gut.
    Stephanie Stephens, USA Today, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Set amid the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, the tragic tale of Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) is famous for allowing real nightmares to masquerade as bloody fairytales.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
  • What’s worrying to him is that abundance can masquerade as sufficiency.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • The Islamic Republic is expected to enact unprecedented security measures, overseen by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, while the Basij paramilitary force will coordinate logistics, accommodation and crowd management across the various cities.
    Emma Graham, CNBC, 4 July 2026
  • Passed as the second of three Reconstruction amendments, the 14th Amendment was enacted after the Civil War.
    Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Ella Rumpf, Garance Marillier, Anyier Anei and Vincent Lindon also costar in Couture, which Jolie additionally produced.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • Chase allegedly said something to costar Yvette Nicole Brown that the director did not hear.
    Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Critics and fanboy media thrashed Supergirl not just for its Guardians of the Galaxy touchstones, but also for aping Mad Max.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 June 2026
  • The track apes the softly anthemic approach of U2, Coldplay, and the National—until all of that elegant uplift topples like an overly ambitious wedding cake.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Lawmakers must resist the temptation to act out of fear to block the growth of AI and its still largely unknown benefits.
    Jessica Melugin, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
  • But, again, is acting out of expediency and the desire to streamline a conclusive end the same as delivering a final season representing the best of The Bear?
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
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“Coact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coact. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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