collusive

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Recent Examples of collusive The nine-month investigation documented a decade-long legal drama involving shell companies, trusts, allegedly collusive lawsuits and bankruptcy petitions. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collusive
Adjective
  • Likewise, counting on social media and tech platforms to simply ban conspiratorial content is useless, as most have no motivation to do so.
    Mike Rothschild, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • In recent years political parties around the world have produced surrealist campaigns, comic campaigns, conspiratorial campaigns, even beer-drinking campaigns.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Emergency passports handed off at clandestine locations.
    Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Jerkins’ family operation included his cousin, Robert Smith, known as Big Bert, with whom Brandy began a clandestine relationship as the recording progressed.
    Jackson Howard, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • That secret, a CNN investigation has found, centered on China’s covert plans to massively expand its nuclear ambitions.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Movies set in the world of top-secret spycraft and covert operations have entertained audiences for decades.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Confronted with larger workloads and a shrinking headcount, AI — both the kind officially approved by companies and more surreptitious uses — has made its way via support staff into essential Hollywood workflows, including the creative development process.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Welcome to the era of surreptitious seafood, an industry gamble that overcoming Americans’ relative disinterest in the meat of the sea is all a matter of making fish look and taste less like, well, fish.
    J.m. Hirsch, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • But in recent months, Comcast sold its stake to Charter for an undisclosed amount, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because the deal is confidential.
    Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The Australian firm invested $40 million to acquire a 200,000-square-foot property intended for data centers, along with a larger adjacent parcel of land for an undisclosed development.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026

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“Collusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collusive. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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