How to Use cooperative in a Sentence

cooperative

1 of 2 adjective
  • The witness was very cooperative.
  • Suarez said boaters have been cooperative with the law changes.
    — Steve Maugeri march 2, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • At least one state has been cooperative.
    — CNN Money, 4 June 2026
  • The driver of the truck stayed at the scene and was cooperative, police said.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • And then there are cooperative dinners, where each person brings part of the meal.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The team believes the progress could transform how drones are used for cooperative tasks.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Police said the driver stayed at the scene and has been cooperative.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Just be sure to give your cat a treat as a reward for being cooperative once you’re finished.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Our cooperative program is not an add-on.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Not by design, and not in any cooperative sense, but as a rival that kept Tehran boxed in.
    — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The cooperative care doesn’t end there.
    — Big Think, 8 May 2026
  • One of the world’s most cooperative mammals is also one of its most warlike.
    — Big Think, 8 May 2026
  • The driver involved in the crash stopped at the scene and has been cooperative, police said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2026
  • This partner has been very cooperative, had no idea that this was happening.
    — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The funding will then be distributed in the form of a cooperative agreement over the next five years.
    — Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The suspect came out of his home and was cooperative, Foster said.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • You are best served by being cooperative and pleasant.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But hotel prices haven’t been as cooperative and are still 5% above their levels compared to this time last year.
    — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 12 July 2023
  • The driver was cooperative and stayed at the scene, Jacob said.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • This study also highlights the cooperative side of plants.
    — New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Some art is cooperative, Some not.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Others point out homeschool has become more cooperative than what some might picture from the past.
    — Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The driver involved in the crash stayed at the scene and has been cooperative, Rayner said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The driver remained at the scene and was cooperative, police added.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Many of the sites show up on Telegram, which has not been cooperative in helping crack down on the crime, police said.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
  • For parents, the ability to make friends and use cooperative skills can be vital.
    — Makiya Seminera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • When the driver called police, Sutherland stayed at the scene and was cooperative, the source said.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
  • How much effort should the cooperative invest in efforts to avoid that scenario?
    — Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The driver remained on scene and was cooperative with police, the release said.
    — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Others sleeping outdoors in the cold were not so cooperative.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2023

cooperative

2 of 2 noun
  • End of carousel For 48 hours, this small cooperative was a war zone.
    — Baz Ratner, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • One of the goals of the cooperative is to educate people about wind power.
    — Olivia Rudgard, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The old joke is that some cooperatives are the least cooperative groups in the world.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Stock cooperatives were excluded from this law because their members have shares of stock, not deeds.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
  • The grocery cooperative has seen a steady increase in member-owners and record sales.
    — Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Sallee said a lot of state and federal business programs are not written with cooperatives in mind.
    — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • That section, the cooperative said last month, will support about 90 jobs.
    — Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
  • The hats hand-woven in the Andean highlands by women in a fair-trade cooperative.
    — Heidi Wachter, Treehugger, 26 May 2023
  • Cellers Domenys is a union of 8 cooperatives, three in Conca and four in Penedès.
    — Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • All are welcome at the art centers owned and operated by the cooperative.
    — Anthony Ham, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2022
  • The south end of the property is granted easement to an electric cooperative.
    — Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2022
  • The wine cooperatives have played an important part here, as in many other wine regions in Europe, and still do.
    — Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Around the edges were little cypress trees that resembled the tall cypress that stands outside the cooperative.
    — Raja Abdulrahim, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Now it’s owned by a dairy cooperative but for decades, the Stueve family catered to local tastes and habits, like drive-through dairy windows.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Bees work as a cooperative, of course, and the campsite is collectively owned by seven people.
    — Lisa Morrow, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Sharp said credit unions, as not-for-profit cooperatives, use the revenue to offer lower rates to customers.
    — Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • And that led you to set up three companies and cooperatives, with increasingly broader goals.
    — Ashoka, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Redevelopment of the housing cooperative have been in the works for years.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The cooperative has been vetting brokers for the real estate.
    — Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Coffman is part of the cooperative, which has hired a marketing company.
    — Jennifer Bjorhus, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Hatfield said the cooperative aims to lease back its headquarters site, one of the smaller buildings on the campus, from any buyer.
    — Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The building was then set to become a cooperative with the families as owners of actual homes — not just the promise of one.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Come morning, when prices are soaring, the cooperative can discharge the cheap energy that was stored overnight and save their customers money.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The cooperative will likely have to move its headquarters in the future, Hatfield said.
    — Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Then, the cooperative notified its customers via social media that the culprit was closer to home.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 6 July 2023
  • The surplus of production has forced local cooperatives to push prices down in order to sell their wines and, as a result, retail prices remain low.
    — John Mariani, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Itto now leads a cooperative of women who weave high-quality rugs in the valley of Ait Hamza, which is known for its sheep and wool.
    — Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024
  • By the time Etienne Roberson stepped into the cooperative, the sun had painted the trees with honey.
    — New York Times, 20 May 2022
  • Her cooperative includes women from all corners of the island, some holding jobs by day and crocheting for Scott at night.
    — The Editors, ELLE, 24 July 2023
  • The cooperative’s gift shop, a staple among Sacramento locals for 42 years, will close this month.
    — Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026

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