cooperativeness

Definition of cooperativenessnext

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Noun
  • If painting and digital media can be seen as frenemies that alternate between conflict and cooperation, John Pomara’s splendid new show at Barry Whistler Gallery is a masterful case study of the sometimes tense, sometimes thriving interaction of the two.
    Benjamin Lima, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Homan said a complete drawdown would hinge upon continued cooperation.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Trump officials have pointed to research on ivermectin as an example of the administration’s receptiveness to ideas the scientific establishment has rejected.
    Rachana Pradhan, STAT, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This receptiveness led to Ockenfels’ favorite pictures from their partnership — inspired by the facial distortions in the paintings of Francis Bacon — in which bendings of glass were employed to warp Bowie’s likeness.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To ignore race—or gender, or sexuality—while attempting to build working class solidarity is to say that there are some concerns of working class people that do not matter.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The family’s restaurant relocated to a larger space in Collingswood to accommodate growing crowds of supportive customers seeking to show solidarity with the family.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Sometimes, what needs to be said will be heard best later — after emotions settle and receptivity returns.
    Glenn Kurlander, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • That’s a good thing, as the challenges today are no less significant and will require not just receptivity and flexibility, but agility and urgency.
    David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But beyond that, unity has proved elusive.
    JACQUELINE CHARLES MIAMI HERALD, Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Four Miami Beach city commissioners did not attend Mayor Steven Meiner’s State of the City address Wednesday, noticeable absences at an event that often brings shows of unity and support for the mayor.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • They’d been drawn by the pay, but also by a sense of altruism and imagined kinship.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In Texas, kids taken into state custody leave a kinship placement twice as often as the nationwide rate, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal data tracking kids removed from their homes in a four-year period.
    Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • What’s stripped out at its core—and this is the deepest core of the contemplative traditions—is a non-dual realization of wisdom, an experience of oneness.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Survivors who felt their suffering was shared reported a stronger sense of oneness, with those groups.
    Claire White, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • However, Esposito did work at Michigan under former Ravens defensive coordinator Wink Martindale, who has a strong relationship with Minter.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The couple became fan-favorites on Love Island, and followers have become very invested in seeing their relationship succeed.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Cooperativeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooperativeness. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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