syndicate 1 of 2

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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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syndicate

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verb

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Recent Examples of syndicate
Noun
The station pays about three hundred thousand dollars a year, or fifteen per cent of its budget, to syndicate national programming from PBS; the content comes prepackaged and ready to air. Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025 But certain big dogs, like the central and syndicated NPR of Morning Edition and All Things Considered, don’t ride or die on federal funding. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
The challenges are immense, poaching syndicates are sophisticated and well-funded, but Hluhluwe–iMfolozi holds the fort. Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 To finance the project, the Jamul Indian Village Development Corporation closed last March on a $515 million loan with a syndicate of commercial banks led by KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for syndicate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for syndicate
Noun
  • The series follows the Black Mafia Family in Detroit and is based on a true story.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • On the surface, the crime drama follows the rise and fall of the Black Mafia Family — one of the most influential crime families in the country.
    Kayla Grant, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In February, the administration designated Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel, MS-13 and other drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
    Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In a terse statement confirming only the broad outlines of the incident, the Pentagon equated Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government to a narco-trafficking cartel, allegations Caracas denies.
    Phil Stewart, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Days after contributing two assists when playing as the No 10 in a 4-1 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers in Brighton’s second league fixture of 2023-24, Enciso suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee in training.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The federal government will deposit $1,000 into each account, with parents and others allowed to contribute up to $5,000 a year until the child reaches 18 years old.
    Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Epps plays Chicago gang leader and lead character Malik, with Khalifa as 2wo-3ree, the confident and volatile leader of Malik’s young crew.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In providing background on its six-month extension, the FAA used the State Department’s recent designation of the country’s most powerful gang coalition, Viv Ansanm, as a global and Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Google and Meta on Friday announced new partnerships with Reliance Industries as the Indian conglomerate seeks to accelerate its push into artificial intelligence.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Until the mid-1980s the three major networks — ABC, NBC and CBS — were owned and operated by people who believed that news should be viewed as a public service and not an arm to prop up a global conglomerate.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 3 Sep. 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, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The rapper eventually admitted to editing the photo.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The company’s leadership also includes several figures with ties to the Biden administration, giving Anthropic the look of a Democratic insider network.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Thousands of London Underground staff—including drivers, signalers and maintenance workers—began rolling strike action on Sunday, triggering severe disruption across the city's subway network and threatening almost complete suspension of Tube services through Thursday.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But putting extra tariffs on steel and aluminum, designed to protect vulnerable US industries, actually ends up causing manufacturing a car in the United States to be less affordable than manufacturing elsewhere because the price of domestic steel ends up rising so much.
    Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The 308 was the Italian automaker's successor to the Dino, featured a mid-mounted V8 engine and was manufactured from 1975 to 1985.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Syndicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syndicate. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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