How to Use affiliate in a Sentence

affiliate

1 of 2 verb
  • Their group does not affiliate itself with any political party.
  • The posts are made by scam pages that are not affiliated with the brand.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
  • There are a lot of people who are affiliated kind of like in a mafia way.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
  • So far, nobody has been able to affiliate them.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Someone saw them and thought they were affiliated with a gang.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The sheriff said that the man was not affiliated with a group and acted alone.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • She was not affiliated with the study.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
  • Springer was not affiliated with the study.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The Gstaad Guy, whom it has been affiliated with for a long time.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
  • These events are not affiliated with or sponsored by Swift or her team.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The tacos are more than worth the extra charge for using a machine not affiliated with your bank.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Some are affiliated with the host committee, and some are not.
    — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2026
  • Lott is still a priest but is no longer a monk at Delbarton, nor is he affiliated with the school.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The trading card website said the cards were not affiliated with the campaign.
    — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Nick, too, turns out to be loosely affiliated with the Winters clan.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Records suggest he is not affiliated with a party.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The video was posted on a site called Barstool which is not affiliated with the Birdville school district.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The hotel's website explains that it is not affiliated with any hotel chains.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Horn wasn't affiliated with a news outlet and didn't have a large following on social media.
    — Perry Stein, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Horn wasn’t affiliated with a news outlet and didn’t have a large following on social media.
    — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
  • This isn’t about what political party any of us are affiliated with.
    — Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Some of the doors coordinate with the business they’re affiliated with, while others stand on their own.
    — Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The cemetery was the first in Hartford that wasn’t affiliated with a religious group or owned by the city.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
  • According to the firm, he has not been affiliated with them since the end of January.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Voters affiliated with a party will receive its ballot in the mail in June.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
  • There’s no confirmation that those who sent the notes are affiliated with the missing-persons case.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
  • However, the school's website says it is still affiliated with the Methodists.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Providers are affiliated with Holy Cross Health.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The link listed in the message is not affiliated with any government agency.
    — Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • It was not known whether the victim was a student at Stanford or otherwise affiliated with the school.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026

affiliate

2 of 2 noun
  • Two of the company's regional affiliates lost money in the past year.
  • Hyundai affiliates and partners play key roles.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
  • These can come from users who include affiliate links and earn a commission.
    — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The item highlighted in this post does not contain affiliate links.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Spotify has an affiliate fee on the sales.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But then the affiliates were getting complaints that [their viewers] didn’t like this story.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The spot will run on the local ABC affiliate.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Barbas then slowed down on posting new videos to the site and pulled back on their affiliate partnerships.
    — Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The company has yet to reveal plans to fill the timeslot or give it back to the affiliate network owner.
    — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • If Substack creators can make a living on affiliate links, why not music geeks?
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Free apps tend to rely on ads, upselling or affiliate partnerships.
    — Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • When faced with the law, UCSD and its affiliates had no choice but to retreat.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Disney, in turn, relies on those affiliate networks for revenue.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Each of the club’s minor league affiliates will be under the direction of a new manager this season.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The buyer acted through an affiliate.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
  • Modular housing cuts the affiliate’s costs and time spent by 30%, Smith said.
    — Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Sometimes an affiliative joke aims to affiliate only a certain portion of the room, group, or world.
    — Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
  • For years, the city’s baseball fans grew up watching the Dukes, the former longtime Dodgers affiliate.
    — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • The group and its affiliates have already been very aggressive in their operations.
    — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
  • It's made up of individual members and affiliate clubs who pay dues to support its efforts.
    — CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Here's a look at which ABC affiliate stations list the show as appearing.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Early needed just over two years to reach the majors in a respectable rise through Boston's minor league affiliates.
    — Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That content drives attention and affiliate sales.
    — Anastasia Shtompel, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The affiliates, like the big league club, are also using pre-game homework assignments to have players work on their swing decisions.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • What will happen to former affiliates like KNX?
    — Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Five of them involve Hanwha affiliates.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Then last week, ABC and all its affiliate stations reversed their decision, and brought his show back on the air.
    — Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • As the events of the past month have exposed some of the fragility of the old network-affiliate partnership, could this be the beginning of the end for stations?
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Hartshorn didn’t see any affiliate action in 2025 after the Cubs drafted him.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026

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