Thesaurus results for CO-OPTING

co-opting

verb

present participle of co-opt

as in integrating

to make a part of a body or system the national organization co-opted many formerly independent local groups

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Recent Examples of co-opting Meanwhile, bad actors are increasingly co-opting new AI tools, leading to an uptick in cybercrime. — Ipsita Mohanty, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 In recent weeks, the far-right has been accused of co-opting two separate stabbings to advance its anti-migrant narrative. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 Oligarchs scooped up major publications and donated them to a consolidated media foundation, co-opting the free press and turning it into the Prime Minister’s bullhorn. — Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026 Russian President Vladimir Putin has long been co-opting the Orthodox Church to legitimize his aggression against Ukraine. — Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026 According to Feinstein, the co-opting of her image was part of the reason Minnelli felt compelled to tell her story herself. — Mason Leib, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026 However, bill authors said that data scrapers, artificial intelligence companies and scammers may be co-opting this transparency for suspect reasons and slowing down everyday Hoosiers' and journalists'requests in the process. — Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 26 Feb. 2026 Then there is the co-opting of the punk rock movement, created as an underground DIY movement to challenge mainstream culture, but later embraced by it. — Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026 Twice now, the Mamdani campaign has rolled out television spots aimed at co-opting and spoofing huge entertainment industry franchises — ABC’s The Bachelor and CBS’ Survivor. — Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025

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By then, Meta had begun integrating Manus' team and technology into its own.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
The message comes following Tuesday morning’s memo from David Ellison, chairman and CEO, and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, which acknowledged that layoffs will be part of the process of integrating the two companies.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of integrating

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Led by bar manager Giovanni Allario, the cocktail program takes familiar classics and gives them an inventive twist, often incorporating ingredients more commonly found in a kitchen than behind a bar.

— Alessia Armenise, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
The final design was an amalgamation of several others, incorporating embroidery on the collar and cuff, but excluding the chest embroidery in previous iterations.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

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This is the friction that Tariq felt was a nonnegotiable for the film, factions of an immigrant community torn between assimilating into American culture and proudly celebrating its differences as loudly as possible.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
The coach has become somewhat famous for his motivational speeches and catchphrases that showed how the South American was assimilating into the US spirit.

— David Close, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of assimilating

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