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as in to collaborate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end
conservation groups cooperated with state authorities to find a humane way to manage the area's overpopulation of deer
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as in to unite
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
several industrialized nations cooperated in a trade agreement to reduce or eliminate tariffs
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Recent Examples of cooperate
Addressing concerns about the ability of Bixby's lawyers to defend him, Scott said their client cooperates with his legal team and the psychiatrists who treat and question him.
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Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Murphy also said the school is cooperating with the investigation into the hazing allegations.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
The housing market and Club stocks like Home Depot need mortgage rates to cooperate this time around.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Throughout the one-hour rescue operation, the whale stayed calm and cooperated, the Sea World Foundation told Storyful.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
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Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Murphy also said the school is cooperating with the investigation into the hazing allegations.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
The housing market and Club stocks like Home Depot need mortgage rates to cooperate this time around.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Throughout the one-hour rescue operation, the whale stayed calm and cooperated, the Sea World Foundation told Storyful.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperate
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Now, the Federal Trade Commission and seven states are filing suit against the concert giant for allegedly violating the FTC Act and the Better Online Ticket Sales Act by knowingly collaborating with secondary market brokers to spike ticket prices.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Sep. 2025
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These digital agents execute tasks, understand context, anticipate needs, collaborate with other systems and humans, and evolve their capabilities over time.—
Uli Erxleben,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Vance welcomed the debate over Kirk’s legacy but urged conservatives to avoid infighting for the time being and to unite in mourning.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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With the gangs growing stronger and Haiti headed into another political transition, Felbab-Brown warned, the country could find itself in a terrifying situation worse than February 2024, when gangs consolidated their power and united.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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The lakehouse merges with the best of both worlds.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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With masses equivalent to millions or even billions of suns, supermassive black holes are too massive to have been born from dying stars; instead, it is theorized that they are created when smaller black holes collide and merge, and a chain of progressively larger and larger mergers.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Cooperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooperate. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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