as in to cooperate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end
a trio of museums collaborated to mount this once-in-a-lifetime exhibit of van Gogh's major portraits
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Deutsch and his future husband, Bill Parker, collaborated for many years, and Deutsch’s firm eventually was renamed Deutsch/Parker Design.
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
The Anderson Township Government and the Forest Hills School District are collaborating with the park district on an official community engagement study, which will compile results from all the outreach efforts and detail which ideas rose to the top.
—Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 29 July 2025
The two musicians have collaborated extensively on various projects.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 July 2025
Lucid, autonomous driving company Nuro, and Uber are collaborating on robotaxi service.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 19 July 2025
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
The Anderson Township Government and the Forest Hills School District are collaborating with the park district on an official community engagement study, which will compile results from all the outreach efforts and detail which ideas rose to the top.
—Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 29 July 2025
The two musicians have collaborated extensively on various projects.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 July 2025
Lucid, autonomous driving company Nuro, and Uber are collaborating on robotaxi service.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 19 July 2025
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Prosecutors drop charges in Hammond drug shooting Court filings show prosecutors dropped charges this week in a Hammond drug shooting, saying the victim wasn’t cooperating.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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About half of housing providers who requested to bump up their rents are cooperating with this request, said Loretta Owens, the Denver Housing Authority’s director of the Housing Choice Voucher Program.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
1 Aug. 2025
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Educators, business leaders and technologists must unite to ensure AI empowers the workforce instead of displacing it.—
Wayne Liu,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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After getting out their rage, Happy and Shooter unite over preserving their love of traditional golf rather than Maxi League’s spectacle.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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“Collaborate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collaborate. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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