CAHOOTS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

cahoots

noun

as in companies

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Noun

The role of companies Singapore’s new scheme shifts from merely encouraging births to focus on family well-being over the long term, which might help change how potential parents think about children.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Persuading big American oil companies to return to the region could prove a challenge given the political uncertainty and damaged infrastructure.

— Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of companies

Noun

And aside from owning private jets and towering mansions, billionaires’ two favorite hobbies are buying stakes in professional sports leagues and pouring money into philanthropy.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
The effect of the wealth consolidation carefully, and secretly, orchestrated by the SEC and Big 10 has been not catastrophic to those not in these respective leagues, but at least cataclysmic.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of leagues

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The dragons are identical to those seen on screen and each possess unique passive Habit abilities, troop affinities and powerful synergies.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
This week, Margot Robbie, Jennifer Lawrence, and Kristen Stewart all planted a flag, making their personal jorts affinities known.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of affinities

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Congress recognized that broadcast mergers raise complex legal, economic, and technical questions that require specialized expertise.

— Robin Rossenfeld, Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2026
Both galaxy pairs featured above, Arp 143 and II Zw 096, highlight mergers and collisions between galaxies.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of mergers

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Nwosu's portrait of Lagos is filled with care and nuance, with an eye to the complicated solidarities that bind its people together.

— Teresa Xie, NPR, 20 Feb. 2026
The third explores attempts by thinkers to use the concept of Asia to forge solidarities, which unraveled at the Asian Relations Conference in Delhi in 1947, when regional powers could not resolve their contradictions.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

Definition of solidarities

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In the course of his career, Rock has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts, and was named a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the John Dos Passos Prize.

— Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
His awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Cullman Center.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

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