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adjective

as in cooperative

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verb

present participle of collaborate
as in cooperating
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end a trio of museums collaborated to mount this once-in-a-lifetime exhibit of van Gogh's major portraits

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Recent Examples of collaborating
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Meta and Apple, meanwhile, are collaborating on a new Muse AI model that will run locally on Mac computers and will allow customers to use Muse Spark for coding, video analysis, and other agentic tasks. — John Kell, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 His comments came as the MIA Market in Rome kicked off with a panel on European producers collaborating in an EU-wide audiovisual policy amid a global business upended by consolidation and acquisitions of European companies by American rivals. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026 The president said at the time that her office had been unaware that state officials in Chihuahua and the US government were collaborating independently. — Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026 Artcraft is also working with the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, which began collaborating with Mockoski and Harris in 2025 on restorations from Paramount’s silent-era library. — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026 Claude developed a reversible arithmetic algorithm for elliptic-curve calculations, with researchers from Harvard University and QuEra Computing collaborating on the work. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026 The school’s Medical Club began this year collaborating with the Health Career Collaborative’s Chicago chapter and Loyola University medical students to mentor students on different health topics and career pathways. — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 More recently, she’s kept busy producing songs for Adéla, collaborating with Sevdaliza, and featuring on songs created by ex-boyfriend Anyma. — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026 Apple is collaborating with LG on a new lineup of smart home devices, including a video doorbell, thermostat, indoor camera, and more, according to a report from Bloomberg. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaborating
  1. cooperative
  2. cooperating
  3. symbiotic
  4. uniting
  5. synergetic
Adjective
  • Abramson said Romero is married with four children and has been cooperative with police.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The building, which opens with a free community festival Friday through Tuesday, is piloting a cooperative nonprofit partnership model.
    — Rudi Greenberg, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of cooperative
Verb
  • Gonzalez can be seen on a video recorded by a witness cooperating with federal law enforcement explaining how her scheme worked.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • He was transferred out of the jail to a prison for cooperating witnesses.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of cooperating
Adjective
  • Those fungi form symbiotic relationships with plant and tree roots, helping the roots collect water and nutrients from the soil to nourish the plants above.
    — Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
  • At the end of Season 1, Spider-Man and Doctor Strange team up to fight a mysterious symbiote alien, who leaves behind a small trace of symbiotic goo that Osborn collects and investigates.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of symbiotic
Verb
  • Holiday Fantasy celebrates this enduring legacy, uniting unmatched craftsmanship with the world-class service and personal care that have defined Neiman Marcus for over a century.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The European Composer and Songwriter Alliance helps fill that gap, uniting national associations to lobby policymakers and guide young composers through contracts and negotiations.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of uniting
Adjective
  • This time, the Atlanta rapper took pen skills and synergetic spirit to co-write the Red Clay short film with Omar Epps.
    — DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 May 2025
  • The on-ball creation from LaVine, and the heliocentric offense being built around Jokic, would be a beautiful synergetic match from an on-court standpoint.
    — Evan Sidery, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of synergetic

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