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as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
if you're trying to give up drinking, your cohorts shouldn't be confirmed party animals
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as in accomplice
one associated with another in wrongdoing
she and her cohorts were arrested for shoplifting
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Recent Examples of cohort
Carter was recently selected for the James Beard Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership cohort, a program designed for advanced training and essential business networking.
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Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025
For decades, makeup artists (and Allure editors, and a large cohort of models and celebrities) have relied on the Skin Food Original Ultra-Rich Cream to soothe and hydrate stressed complexions.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Fields is one of 12 active volunteers in the Fort Worth area, but additional volunteers are receiving training this month that will grow the local cohort, said local Volunteer Services Coordinator Dawn Freeman Chapman.
—Lina Ruiz
september 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
The start of the college football season, and a large cohort of streaming-first viewers returning to school, put a stop to several months of declines in cable and broadcast TV viewing in August.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
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Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025
For decades, makeup artists (and Allure editors, and a large cohort of models and celebrities) have relied on the Skin Food Original Ultra-Rich Cream to soothe and hydrate stressed complexions.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Fields is one of 12 active volunteers in the Fort Worth area, but additional volunteers are receiving training this month that will grow the local cohort, said local Volunteer Services Coordinator Dawn Freeman Chapman.
—Lina Ruiz
september 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
The start of the college football season, and a large cohort of streaming-first viewers returning to school, put a stop to several months of declines in cable and broadcast TV viewing in August.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohort
Noun
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One of Mendoza’s associates was waiting for them.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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In 1951, Husseini’s associates murdered one of his foremost rivals, King Abdullah of Jordan.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors revealed that after gunning down Heym, Stacey and his accomplice, Roderick Derrick Crawford, 21, boarded the train and made their exit at the transit center.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Erica Ruth Hampton, who was working as a bartender at Born’s, is charged with aiding an offender by being an accomplice after the fact.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
12 Sep. 2025
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Beat overcommitment syndrome, get the right things done, and build real influence with your colleagues up, down, sideways, and diagonal—all over the organization chart.—
Bruce Tulgan,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In its history, Everybody Loves Raymond, created by Romano and Philip Rosenthal, received 15 Emmys and 69 total nominations, including for Romano, Garrett, and their colleagues Patricia Heaton, and Peter Boyle.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Sep. 2025
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Friends of mine received unwanted explicit snaps from male peers, some were contacted by complete strangers, and many were bullied on the platform.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
12 Sep. 2025
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Carman Chan, founder of Click Ventures, a single-family office, similarly noted that many of her family office peers who set up businesses in Singapore are relocating back to Hong Kong.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Stolen from the Yankees in the Rule 5 Draft less than a year earlier, the rookie found himself on the mound for the bottom of the ninth, just as veteran teammate and fellow ex-Yankee Adam Ottavino predicted.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Hasan Alhasan, senior fellow for Middle East Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Bahrain, said Gulf states haven’t previously significantly participated in proceedings against Israel at international courts, and that that could change.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Trump doesn’t have very many friends on the global stage that are from the left.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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In his breakthrough role, Redford played the brusque and dangerous Sundance opposite Paul Newman's personable Butch in the box-office smash, the iconic buddy Western about two outlaws on the run after a series of train robberies.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Roxie’s kitchen buddy Tony (Robin de Jesús) is just Roxie’s buddy.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, their former friends and classmates — Marie Moreau (Jaz Sinclair), Jordan Li (Derek Luh and London Thor) and Emma Meyer (Lizze Broadway) — have been locked inside a high security, underground supe prison for young adults known publicly as the Elmira Adult Rehabilitation Center.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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Along those lines, the NCAA maintains this limitation envisions college students who play sports entering the real world alongside their classmates, with roster spots then opening for rising freshmen.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Cohort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohort. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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