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collaborating

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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
Verb
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 The documentary recounts the history of the original group while heeding its call to action by collaborating with next-gen artists to carry the tradition forward. — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The groom also worked with a stylist for the weekend, collaborating with Souri Kim of CLG Creative. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026 The company’s responsibilities have included negotiating acquisitions, structuring deals, ensuring project appraisals are completed and collaborating with the state agency that Bell leads. — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026 Tech, meanwhile, has spent decades collaborating well outside the boundaries of traditional hip-hop. — Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 Flea, and artist Charles Gaines who is collaborating with Black Nile and Devin Daniels. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The two companies are also collaborating on a clinical trial to evaluate the use of two drugs – sonesitatug vedotin and ivonescimab – in combination to treat certain gastrointestinal cancers. — Chloe Taylor,lee Ying Shan,fred Imbert, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026 Furthermore, Boston Dynamics is actively collaborating with existing clients to export Atlas beyond auto plants into aerospace, semiconductor fabrication, and life sciences. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaborating
Adjective
  • Through quests, combat, exploration and cooperative adventures, players can forge their own paths through the medieval fantasy world of Gielinor.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Other leaders seem resigned to the fact that this 80-year global experiment in cooperative international relations has ceded the floor once again to the world order of coercion that dictated most of human history.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Ortiz Turley, who specializes in commercial real estate, told The Star on Wednesday morning that the chamber is fully cooperating with the ongoing law enforcement investigation.
    — Sofi Zeman October 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Assemblyman Manny De Los Santos (D-Manhattan), who showed up at the scene, was told that ICE agents weren’t cooperating with the NYPD.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Since then, different techniques have been developed to recruit the symbiotic microbe.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Thus, the relationship between gossip columnists Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper (itself the subject of George Eells’s 1971 dual biography, Hedda and Louella) was at first a symbiotic friendship and then a brutal rivalry.
    — Lindsey Weber, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • By uniting Eastern cultural references, uncompromising craftsmanship, and conscious sustainability, Songmont continues to cultivate a distinct cultural identity and voice on the global stage.
    — Footwear News, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Pardo watched as another adult elephant, likely Matisse’s sister, rumbled from a distance before the family came together, uniting with another series of rumbles, as if saying hello.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026
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

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“Collaborating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collaborating. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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