co-opted

verb

Definition of co-optednext
past tense of co-opt
as in integrated
to make a part of a body or system the national organization co-opted many formerly independent local groups

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  1. integrated
  2. incorporated
  3. assimilated
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  • Designed to be invisible with technology integrated throughout the acetate frames, as comfortable as any pair of glasses, and easy to set up (configuration takes less than two minutes), Nuance Audio frames are geared at people in their 50s and 60s who suffer from mild to moderate hearing loss.
    Martino Carrera, WWD, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Learning must be integrated into every aspect of work, with leaders turning newfound knowledge into actionable results.
    William Arruda, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of integrated
Verb
  • That factual indication is essentially incorporated into the pattern-matching data structure.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The early success of the Polynesian Resort Hotel allowed business investors to realize water parks incorporated within hotels could extend the tourist season.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of incorporated
Verb
  • In fourteen books of short stories, more than fifty of which were published in The New Yorker, Alice created a new form for expressing the way that the past, incompletely assimilated, creates the conditions of life in the present.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • This was not the result of bottom-up social change, but rather reflected how provincial elites assimilated into the ruling class.
    Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of assimilated
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