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as in Mafia
a group involved in secret or criminal activities a syndicate of counterfeiters

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as in cartel
a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage a powerful banking syndicate that controls loans in the small country

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Recent Examples of syndicate
Noun
The drama is tracking the story of spy agency Citadel and its powerful enemy syndicate, Manticore. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025 Harry sits at the head of the table between the Dogan and the Lazaro crime syndicates, who are at each other’s throats. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
Disney also is continuing TikTok Pulse Premiere and On The Red Carpet at The Oscars, a live pre-show syndicated across major local markets and live-streamed nationwide. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025 Today, its library of hundreds of hours of HD broadcasts is syndicated across more than 200 markets. Sara Fischer, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for syndicate
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Noun
  • The quarter rotisserie meal at Saucy Chick Goat Mafia in Pasadena.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Parents can have some fun of their own with sets from ’80s pop-rock icons the Go-Go’s, Portishead singer Beth Gibbons, hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, and German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That national threat assessment also had a notable shift, saying that the biggest threat to America was drug cartels, gangs, fentanyl, Islamic terrorists, not Russia and China.
    CBS News, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Those orders included renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America and declaring multiple Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations – an act that could pave the way to using American military force on Mexican soil.
    Rafael Romo, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • And some of his moves on those fronts — like levying tariffs and upping deportations — risk contributing to higher costs and hurdles to homeownership for everyday Americans.
    Julia Mueller, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
  • This significantly increased the number of employees contributing to their employers’ 401(k) plans.
    Dr. Ronald Premuroso, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Amid the chaos, police officers and members of the public have been on a hunt for gang members.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The Trump administration has also sent Salvadoran nationals it’s accused of being members of the MS-13 gang to CECOT.
    Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Over the ensuing decades, a handful of conglomerates came to dominate the American whiskey industry, acquiring smaller family-run distilleries at a rapid pace.
    Made by History, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
  • According to the Wall Street Journal, both Cosco Shipping and Chinese conglomerate China Merchants Group have begun informal talks with Hutchison to take over some of the ports should the BlackRock deal fail.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Editor's note: Some responses have been edited for brevity and clarity.
    Laura Barrero, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • What to know The CNN town hall will air on the network on Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The network and Ramsay’s Studio Ramsay Global are also teaming up to launch a digital culinary and entertainment brand called Bite.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Vietnam, a rising manufacturing powerhouse, has seen a surge in Chinese investments in recent years as manufactures move supply chains out of China to take advantage of lower labor costs and hedge against US levies.
    Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
  • These stories are manufactured to avoid face-to-face accountability Photo Manipulation And Identity Theft — the profile picture is usually stolen.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025

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