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used or done by a number of people as a group
a cooperative space project undertaken by Russia and the U.S.
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Recent Examples of cooperative
Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2025
Hoping to avoid the nail-trimming headache, Johanna has been attempting cooperative care dog training.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Megan Poinski, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The private community, which is run by a cooperative funded by the residents, consists of around 4,300 people living there year-round, with numbers swelling to 12,000 during the summer as the area is popular with New Yorkers who keep summer homes there.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The cuts were in the Refugee Clinic, epidemiology, immunization cooperative agreements and COVID-19 studies, a project to address health disparities related to the coronavirus.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2025
Hoping to avoid the nail-trimming headache, Johanna has been attempting cooperative care dog training.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
There’s cooperatives that are spread out over miles.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The private community, which is run by a cooperative funded by the residents, consists of around 4,300 people living there year-round, with numbers swelling to 12,000 during the summer as the area is popular with New Yorkers who keep summer homes there.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperative
Noun
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The university had more grants terminated than all organizations in politically red states combined.—
Rae Ellen Bichell and Rachana Pradhan,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Dissanayake attributes the rise in ego-scrolling to the loneliness epidemic and a collective increase in stress and unhappiness among young adults.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Beyond egg quality, the collective hit of fiber and healthy fats from the Med diet can also reduce inflammation, keeping your uterus in good shape for implantation.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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OpenAI’s partnership with Microsoft is evident with GPT-4.1 models being made available through Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service and integrated into developer tools like GitHub Copilot and GitHub Models.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The move marks the end of Ambush’s partnership with New Guards Group, which had acquired a majority stake in 2020.—
Mecca Pryor,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Legendary New York filmmaker Spike Lee has said his latest joint, Highest 2 Lowest, will debut Out of Competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival despite being left off Thierry Frémaux’s list of Official Selection titles this morning.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Barrett is, of course, a far less explicitly political figure — and one whose current feelings about Trump are unknown, even though Trump loyalists have widely circulated a video of her as the president passed by her at his joint address to Congress last month.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This includes more robust small business impact assessments, expanded export training and support, and greater engagement with industry associations that represent smaller firms.—
Natalie Madeira Cofield,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The court’s order involved a technical legal assessment of the right, or standing, of several nonprofit associations to sue over the firings.—
Mark Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Five years on, Ellie has settled in a seemingly bucolic commune in Jackson, Wyoming, although a world-shattering lie about her past is about to catch up with her.—
Zing Tsjeng,
Vogue,
11 Apr. 2025
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Last Joel had heard from him came from a radio tower in Cody, Wyoming. Episode 6 saw Joel and Ellie happen upon Tommy’s new people, a group living in a commune in Jackson, Wyoming.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The mutual tariffs threaten to hurt domestic industries and are poised to result in layoffs.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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Araghchi emphasized the importance of mutual guarantees in any new deal.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The problem was that the vast majority of the consortium’s funding came from the fishing industry itself.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Removing one gold Mega Ball from the game will improve overall odds from 1:23 to 1:24, the lottery consortium said.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Cooperative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooperative. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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