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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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Instead, the agents had, by collaborating amongst themselves, quickly found a way to manufacture answers to cyber challenges without actually solving the questions in the way ExploitGym’s creators had intended. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 In addition to collaborating on the adaptations of her own books, Todd has also helped adapt another bestseller from Colleen Hoover, serving as producer for Regretting You. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 Phillips will be collaborating with Helm on the development of the project. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026 Bansal and Jiang enjoyed working together and resolved to continue collaborating on the full conjecture. — Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 The tech giant invested heavily in promoting them, collaborating with celebrity influencer Kylie Jenner on a pair of Ray-Bans featuring an AI assistant that speaks in her voice. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026 During this time of rebuilding and the August Quarterly, the church is also collaborating with the Smithsonian's Folklife Festival and its 250th celebration. — Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska recently came out in support of the Smithsonian, while the Second Lady, Usha Vance, even feels comfortable collaborating with it. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026 Contractors, volunteers needed IMR Homes and CJR Builders are collaborating with the nonprofits to help coordinate some of those relief efforts, including finding skilled contractors to assist with home repairs. — Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaborating
  1. cooperative
  2. cooperating
  3. symbiotic
  4. uniting
  5. synergetic
Adjective
  • More on Kingdom Kitchen & Grocery At first, Lee imagined a cooperative grocery store that would bring organic, fresh food to underserved neighborhoods.
    — April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The driver, identified as 49-year-old Tarequl Ambia of Manchester, stopped after the crash and was cooperative, according to police.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of cooperative
Verb
  • The woman is cooperating with the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into Gomez, according to her lawyers, Lisa Banks and Sarah Nesbitt.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Court records, however, reveal the cooperating witness, a member of the Cuban-American gang, has been assisting the feds since 2015.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of cooperating
Adjective
  • The relationship between hardware and Physical AI is symbiotic.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • But the symbiotic essence of orchids, the key to their immense evolutionary and ecological success, remained unknown until the end of nineteenth century.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of symbiotic
Verb
  • Data center backlash is also uniting people from across the political spectrum ahead of the midterm elections.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • At home several center-right parties initially declined to join his coalition, illustrating the challenge of uniting the broader Brazilian right behind his candidacy.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 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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“Collaborating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collaborating. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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