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as in Mafia
a group involved in secret or criminal activities a syndicate of counterfeiters

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as in cartel
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
Noun
Good guys, bad guys The CW The CW Liv frequently found herself at odds with Stacey Boss (Eddie Jemison), who ran a successful crime syndicate. ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2025 Other legal concerns include the regulation of sales across state lines when each state controls its own lottery games, sales to underage players, ticket buying syndicates and other issues. Michelle Watson, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
Verb
Nature is healing; medical dramas are being syndicated to cable. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 May 2025 The program originated as special episodes for the three-time Grammy winner’s eponymous daytime talk show, which is nationally syndicated across NBC stations. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for syndicate
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Noun
  • This July, Caroline Phillips and her National Cannabis Festival will return, bringing Big Boi, Three 6 Mafia, Ty Dolla $ign, and Curren$y to Washington DC’s RFK Stadium Festival Grounds for what’s become the largest cannabis festival on the East Coast.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 4 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen’s Sand in My Boots Festival had Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz and Three 6 Mafia onstage.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the pair allegedly provided material support to the Jalisco New Generation cartel.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
  • Fernandez was sentenced to life in prison over his role in a 2000 shooting that killed two members of a Mexican drug cartel who traveled to New York to collect a debt from a drug ringleader.
    Ella Lee, The Hill, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Times staff writer David Zahniser contributed to this report.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
  • The United States has also contributed to this effort to a degree with sustained operations against the Houthis in Yemen from March to May this year, including hundreds of airstrikes.
    Javed Ali, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • The Department of Homeland Security said Saturday that recent ICE operations in the south state resulted in the arrest of 118 people, including five individuals the agency identified as gang members.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2025
  • The tattoo too, which has become under the Trump administration synonymous with gang affiliation, is the story of the state using language inscription as a punishment against the imprisoned.
    Amir Hussain June 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Read More: Lee Jae-myung Aims to Steer South Korea Through Crisis A populist shaped by his years as a labor and human rights lawyer, Lee has long advocated for a stronger state role in redistributing economic gains and curbing the excesses of South Korea’s powerful conglomerates.
    Ian Bremmer, Time, 3 June 2025
  • Following the conclusion of a three-month audit, Panama’s comptroller general said the Hong Kong conglomerate owed the country’s government $300 million based on a contract breach.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • Being able to quickly edit and flex their expectations accordingly will make all the difference.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Letters may be edited for length and clarity, and may be published in any medium.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Zaslav went on to note that HBO Max viewership accounts for for 25% of programming spun off from the WBD networks.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Some of the uptick in linear CPMs isn’t driven by a robust market, but by the fact that the networks have less traditional entertainment to sell and smaller audiences projected to watch what remains.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • This trickery is a cost-saving measure in that the orchid does not have to manufacture nectar or prodigious amounts of expensive pollen.
    The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
  • Brand owners that are based and/or manufacture in the city report an overwhelming feeling of fear for their workers, some of whom are undocumented.
    Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 12 June 2025

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“Syndicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syndicate. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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