as in cooperating
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
in the years following World War II, the U.S. and the nations of western Europe made the decision to federate as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Recent Examples of federating
Plus, there’s a social and federating function at play.
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Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
Diverse capabilities federating while preserving local identity.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
Diverse capabilities federating while preserving local identity.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for federating
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Costco is contacting customers who purchased the plants within the past five or so weeks and has been cooperating with all agricultural commissioners, the advisory stated.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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Police say the driver of the Rav4 is cooperating with the investigation.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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The group started to strictly focus on uniting business and community leaders to boost Montgomery County.—
William J. Ford,
Baltimore Sun,
25 May 2026
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Alasdair McLellan shot the portraits and a series of trailers that portray Jung Kook as a modern icon embodying the freedom of the open road, uniting fashion and entertainment to create an immersive world that balances his larger-than-life impact with Calvin Klein’s point of view.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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But having begun collaborating with Gran Tierra in 2019, the foundation has now been accused of complicity in sportswashing — using football to redirect attention away from unethical activity.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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The smartest event brands tend to be the ones collaborating with these spaces in varying ways.—
Sunita Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The new study suggests that the Milky Way merging with the Loki galaxy was almost on the scale of the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus event.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 May 2026
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This originally emerged , in part, through the visual languages circulating across Latin America and small pockets on the internet, the aesthetic speaks to how women have long been merging disparate style worlds into something entirely new.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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“Federating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/federating. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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