cohorts

noun

plural of cohort
1
as in associates
a person frequently seen in the company of another if you're trying to give up drinking, your cohorts shouldn't be confirmed party animals

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2
as in accomplices
one associated with another in wrongdoing she and her cohorts were arrested for shoplifting

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Recent Examples of cohorts The roundtable has helped three cohorts of 31 developers in Dallas-Fort Worth since 2022. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2026 Mentorship cohorts pair emerging professionals with industry mentors. — Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 After decades of being overlooked in favor of younger cohorts like Millennials and Gen Z, Gen X women are finally coming into focus for many brands. — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 23 June 2026 These include smaller kindergarten cohorts, declining birth rates, more people moving out of cities post-pandemic and recent federal immigration restrictions that have reduced the number of immigrant children enrolling in public schools nationwide. — Julia McWilliams, The Conversation, 4 June 2026 Household formation is expected to slow in the coming years because of population aging, low fertility rates, smaller young adult cohorts, and reduced immigration, according to the MBA paper. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 June 2026 Following 2022’s Jackass Forever, the latest installment sees the return of Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius and the rest of the pain-seeking cohorts. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2026 During the quarter, Super said the company saw sales increases across all income cohorts but crucially, the most growth came from those making under $50,000 annually and those making more than $200,000 annually – showing that its products are what’s winning, not price or discounts. — Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 2 June 2026 To understand these connections, researchers from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), one of the world's largest long-term nutrition and cancer cohorts, tracked the health and diets of 450,112 people across Europe for an average of 14 years. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohorts
  1. associates
  2. accomplices
  3. colleagues
  4. peers
  5. friends
  6. buddies
Noun
  • Reformation is currently hiring for sales associates, sales supervisors and a store manager, according to the company website’s job postings.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026
  • And in a separate ongoing civil case, the city has issued nearly two dozen subpoenas seeking a broad array of GPS and social media data on Hubbard and his associates, according to his attorney Bryan Pease.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of associates
Noun
  • No one was ever charged with pulling the trigger, but three other men, Paul McIntyre, 58, Peter Cavanagh, 37, and Jordan Gareth Devine, 25, were charged with murder as accomplices for encouraging or assisting the shooter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • In November 1998, after a five-month trial, Patrizia and her four accomplices were found guilty of premeditated murder.
    — Anna Matranga, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Definition of accomplices
Noun
  • The incident sparked a one-game suspension for Thomas and another discourse about the treatment Clark has received from her WNBA colleagues in the floor.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • As weather conditions deteriorated near the summit, three climbers turned back, while Morup and two colleagues continued their ascent.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • While teenagers have always looked to older peers for inspiration, social media has accelerated and amplified this process.
    — Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 2 July 2026
  • Elle is a bright pink fish out of water, overlooked and made fun of by her intellectual peers in flannel shirts and dark sweaters, who see her as a ditzy airhead beneath them.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of peers
Noun
  • Photos of wallets, textiles, sports equipment, photos, jewelry, signs, flags, quilts, stuffies, toys and camp trunks filled the page as strangers banded together in the comments sections, tagging potential rightful owners or friends with any leads.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Lotsof and his friends were shocked to find their cravings had vanished.
    — Gavin Escott, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of friends
Noun
  • Juan Correa traveled from Bucaramanga, Colombia, with his buddies Nick Arrieta, Alejandro Garcia and Santiago Rivera, arriving in KC on Thursday.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • Gaze at a passing cloud, curl up under a shady tree with a good book, or take a stroll and chat with your best buddies to savor the season.
    — Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Parents, 2 July 2026
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