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a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage
a powerful banking syndicate that controls loans in the small country
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Recent Examples of syndicate
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2026
For this to work, the syndicate needed to buy as many tickets as possible in three days before the drawing.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
The topic was television: each show (initially half-hour segments filmed in Ontario for Canadian TV and later syndicated in America) revolved around a mythical network, the Second City Television Network and its rather bent programming schedule.
—Lynn Hirschberg, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The four-hour epic by by Aditya Dahr is the sequel to Dhurandhar ($20 million in North American) and stars Ranveer Singh as an undercover Indian intelligence agent working to infiltrate Pakistani politics and Karachi’s criminal syndicates.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2026
For this to work, the syndicate needed to buy as many tickets as possible in three days before the drawing.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
When one family’s nightmare becomes nationally syndicated, though, attention can become a demand—for more detail, for more drama, for a cathartic conclusion.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
The topic was television: each show (initially half-hour segments filmed in Ontario for Canadian TV and later syndicated in America) revolved around a mythical network, the Second City Television Network and its rather bent programming schedule.
—Lynn Hirschberg, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syndicate
Noun
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The series follows the Black Mafia Family in Detroit and is based on a true story.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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On the surface, the crime drama follows the rise and fall of the Black Mafia Family — one of the most influential crime families in the country.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This past February, Rabinor of Journey Mexico had two couples flying from the US and Canada to Mexico City to visit the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve when cartel violence broke out in Puerto Vallarta.—
Laura Bassett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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Beyond the country's borders, Los Choneros has forged ties with powerful transnational networks, including Mexico's Sinaloa cartel and criminal groups from Albania, enabling it to play a role in global drug trafficking routes.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But all of the factors are contributing to what looks like a tough season ahead for Colorado farmers.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Hegseth has fired numerous senior military officers and generals, many of them female or Black, leading some critics to question whether their race or gender contributed to their firing.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the shooting is believed to be gang-related and the baby was an unintended target.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The little girl was hit by a stray bullet, suffering a fatal gunshot wound to the head in what police are calling an apparent gang-motivated shooting.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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On the latest episode of Fortune’s Titans and Disruptors of Industry podcast, Bastian opened up about how the food and beverage conglomerate didn’t just shape his own rise to the C-suite, but has quietly done the same for a generation of business leaders.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The food conglomerate is also investing $600 million to spur sales of its top brands that have lost market share to trendier competitors and cheaper private labels.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Keep it light and clever, yet commit to a piece long enough to actually wrap it, whether that means editing your podcast or rehearsing your lines once.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The state is investing $6 billion to expand the state’s broadband network and increase Internet links for families and businesses.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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But for Perez and others at the motel, the organizations have assembled a spontaneous network of like-minded people that have created a village of care.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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If the goal down the stretch is still calculated losing, there was only so much Brooklyn could do to manufacture it in a game like this.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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There’s also talk of US forces raiding nuclear sites deep inside Iran to retrieve worrisome nuclear material, amid heightened fears that it could be used by an angry and desperate Iranian regime to manufacture nuclear weapons.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Syndicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syndicate. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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