as in partnerships
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
the street's shopkeepers have a good business relationship
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Recent Examples of relationships
Junior talent now learns strategy earlier while AI handles repetitive production, giving humans more space for taste, storytelling and relationships.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Subscribe to the Life Kit newsletter for expert advice on love, money, relationships and more.
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Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 July 2026
There’s a trust between manager and artist that is often tested in such long-term business relationships.
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Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
2 July 2026
Uber argued that the attorneys were trying to line their pockets by forcing car-accident victims into predatory relationships with medical providers, while the attorneys accused the rideshare giant of trying to escape accountability by rewriting civil liability laws.
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Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2026
And many of the gay bar owners have good relationships with each other.
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Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
Paramount Skydance on Monday promoted two veteran labor relations execs, Nicole Lang and Sheldon Kasdan, to lead a new standalone division responsible for navigating the company’s relationships with entertainment unions.
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Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
22 June 2026
Educators say the regular interactions help students build relationships and develop social-emotional skills from middle school to high school.
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Alexa Liacko,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
Both execs have longstanding working relationships with Hollywood’s top unions, with Lang having joined the company in 2007 and Kasdan in 2016.
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Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Subscribe to the Life Kit newsletter for expert advice on love, money, relationships and more.
—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 July 2026
There’s a trust between manager and artist that is often tested in such long-term business relationships.
—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
2 July 2026
Uber argued that the attorneys were trying to line their pockets by forcing car-accident victims into predatory relationships with medical providers, while the attorneys accused the rideshare giant of trying to escape accountability by rewriting civil liability laws.
—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2026
And many of the gay bar owners have good relationships with each other.
—
Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
Paramount Skydance on Monday promoted two veteran labor relations execs, Nicole Lang and Sheldon Kasdan, to lead a new standalone division responsible for navigating the company’s relationships with entertainment unions.
—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
22 June 2026
Educators say the regular interactions help students build relationships and develop social-emotional skills from middle school to high school.
—
Alexa Liacko,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
Both execs have longstanding working relationships with Hollywood’s top unions, with Lang having joined the company in 2007 and Kasdan in 2016.
—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relationships
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The venue has partnerships with unions including the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local One, which represents stagehand crew.
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Reuters said those earnings were driven largely by partnerships in the Middle East.
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To mitigate the financial impact, players’ associations usually create a lockout fund that pays players a portion of their salary during a work stoppage.
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These non-profit associations focus on every imaginable issue and activity, and reflect the widely divergent views of our population.
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Rather than viewing partnerships with Minority-Serving Institutions as philanthropy, companies should view them as long-term talent investments through internships, workforce partnerships, entrepreneurship centers, and research collaborations.
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Their friendship has spanned years of red carpets, late-night hangs and creative collaborations.
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The organization's ultimate goal is to identify the names of all 10 million people who were enslaved in North America whose names have been lost to history, in order to bring dignity to the enslaved and to create family connections for the living.
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Having real and repeated connections with a Nationals player like Cavalli could connect the team more with the people closest to it.
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There will be concerts, but only certain artists need apply — most of those originally booked have already walked out, saying they were misled about the event’s political affiliations.
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The stories had to do with Chen’s affiliations with the Chinese military.
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Emily Brontë’s telling of this narrative premise was, also, far ahead of its time, unadorned, stripped bare, always in immediate reach of the brutal facts of her characters’ relations and complications with each other.
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Runcie is sharply attuned to the vast uncomfortable grey areas of gender and power relations, navigating them with wry, revelatory observations that are devastatingly acute.
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“Relationships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relationships. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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