as in related
having a close connection like that between family members
people with foreign language fluency and an allied skill such as the ability to relate to people from different cultures
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as in united
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
the area's small grape growers have allied and formed a cooperative that will help them get the best prices
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Recent Examples of allied
David Hodari, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2025
After a single major conventional defeat, the North Korean regime would likely start to unravel as allied forces advanced north.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
Shipwrecks bore witness to a 20th-century war that cleaved the world in two, separating countries into Axis and Allied powers.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
The pushback by the county’s top law enforcement officer, who, like a majority of the county supervisors, is a Democrat, underscored emerging tensions over immigration even among officials who not long ago might have seemed more closely allied.
—Tim Arango, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940 and occupied the country until the allied liberation in 1945.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2025
After a single major conventional defeat, the North Korean regime would likely start to unravel as allied forces advanced north.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
Shipwrecks bore witness to a 20th-century war that cleaved the world in two, separating countries into Axis and Allied powers.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
The pushback by the county’s top law enforcement officer, who, like a majority of the county supervisors, is a Democrat, underscored emerging tensions over immigration even among officials who not long ago might have seemed more closely allied.
—Tim Arango, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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The capture of incoming business documents can also be modernized and automated to extract and process critical information from invoices and related documents, eliminating the need for manual intervention.Bil Khan, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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In related news, Microsoft recently rejected a Halo/Doom crossover episode pitch for Prime Video's Secret Level.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Federal sources further clarified that Paul has not cooperated with authorities or struck any deal against Sean Combs.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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During the Cold War, the United States and its allies cooperated on trade and security through mechanisms such as the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls.Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2024
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Aside from the welcome bottle of Champagne, the brands also collaborated on curating a property-wide selection of Krug Champagne across all of the resort's restaurants and bars, including tastings in the property's new wine cellar.Jillian Dara, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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In 2012, Kim Jones, the former Louis Vuitton men’s designer, collaborated with Kapital for the French label’s Spring/Summer 2013 collection.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Allied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allied. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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