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as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
if you're trying to give up drinking, your cohorts shouldn't be confirmed party animals
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as in accomplice
one associated with another in wrongdoing
she and her cohorts were arrested for shoplifting
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Recent Examples of cohort
The future belongs to platforms that enable application developers to rapidly build secure, production-ready, edge AI applications with little or no system-level engineering — just like their cohorts in the IT and mobile sectors have done for decades.
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Bill Curtis, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
She was selected as one of eight BIPOC brands that are members of Ulta Beauty’s inaugural MUSE Accelerator 2022 program cohort, the Tower 28 Clean Beauty Summer School in 2020 and is being personally mentored by Credo Founder Annie Jackson for Credo for Change 2021.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 21 Mar. 2025
Kurland and his cohorts sunk tens of millions into Altieri’s scheme.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
In Tulsa, Brainard and his cohort befriended the poet Ted Berrigan, who was working on his M.A. at Tulsa University through the G.I. Bill.
—David S. Wallace, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025
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Bill Curtis, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
She was selected as one of eight BIPOC brands that are members of Ulta Beauty’s inaugural MUSE Accelerator 2022 program cohort, the Tower 28 Clean Beauty Summer School in 2020 and is being personally mentored by Credo Founder Annie Jackson for Credo for Change 2021.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 21 Mar. 2025
Kurland and his cohorts sunk tens of millions into Altieri’s scheme.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
In Tulsa, Brainard and his cohort befriended the poet Ted Berrigan, who was working on his M.A. at Tulsa University through the G.I. Bill.
—David S. Wallace, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohort
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By now, though, it’s become clear that the president is beholden to associates who take money to lobby for ByteDance, which is deeply tied to Beijing’s military-industrial complex.—
The Editors,
National Review,
5 Apr. 2025
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Trump commutes sentence of Jason Galanis, a former Hunter Biden associate who cooperated with the GOP House investigation.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
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Police in Louisiana believe the suspect accused of murdering a TV reporter in town to cover the Super Bowl planned numerous drugging schemes over several years with an accomplice, according to a report.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article Gary man charged as accomplice in Howell murder A Gary man faces charges as an accomplice in a woman’s murder at the Willows Apartments.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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That was certainly the case for marine biologist Professor Rochelle Constantine and her colleagues at the University of Auckland, who did not expect to find an octopus riding a shark.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Our colleague Bo Li at the University of Wollongong used optical luminescence dating methods on the layers of earth that contained the artifacts.—
Ben Marwick,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
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Even when Black women do break through, their work is often undervalued or held to a different standard than their peers.—
Kedean Smith,
Essence,
3 Apr. 2025
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Pickle has listings for items across the country, so renters in Miami have already had access to peers’ rentals shipped via USPS, as well as same-day local deliveries via courier services like Uber, DoorDash and Relay.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Apr. 2025
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In 2021, Mishal Reja, M.D., was an incoming gastroenterology fellow at State University of New York, Downstate and contributor to the ABC News Medical Unit.—
Dr. Mishal Reja,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Porter is a senior fellow for the Center for Educational Innovation and the former chancellor of New York City Public Schools.—
Randy Peers,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
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Jaclyn, Kate, and Laurie There’s some fun stuff here, particularly once Laurie bails on her friends to see the fight with Valentin and the guys, then goes home with Aleksei.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2025
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When stuck in a disagreement, step outside your own emotions and discuss the issue as if advising a close friend in the same situation.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Lou was brought home, happy and healthy, to the obvious delight of his best buddy.—
Terry Baddoo,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Fall-Out During that trip to Western Pennsylvania, my buddy and I stuck four trout in two days.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
3 Apr. 2025
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The startling trends of men across a range of metrics serves as the cultural context into which Adolescence lets off a gendered bomb: a young boy angrily murders a female classmate who has questioned his masculinity.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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No hate crime charges will be brought against the 15-year-old who assaulted his Muslim classmate in Ardrey Kell High School in March, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said Wednesday.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Cohort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohort. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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