PARTNERSHIPS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

partnerships

noun

plural of partnership

as in relationships

the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters) the symphony orchestra is presenting the choral piece in partnership with the city's leading choral society

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Recent Examples of partnerships Shows developed through partnerships now account for more than 40% of Talpa Studios’ catalog. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026 Talent, partnerships, and the limits of sovereignty The other issue is talent. — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 But billionaires have a lot of other assets, held in many ways—outright ownership, partnerships, special companies officially headquartered elsewhere. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 India is trying to balance its ties with Russia against its growing partnerships with the United States and other Western powers. — Hanna Arhirova, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026 Ticketmaster, which was included in the partnerships already announced, directs users to its own marketplace for payment. — Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026 Hirst still had elements of their would-be partnerships in his studio. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 3 Oct. 2026 Beyond apprenticeships, the mayor’s childcare office is weighing opportunities for assistant teachers to become lead teachers, and partnerships with CUNY and other higher education institutions on more traditional models. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026 Then, after an initial rash of antisemitic posts on Twitter in late 2022, West and his lifestyle company, Yeezy, saw the termination of sponsorships and partnerships with Vogue, Universal Music Group, CAA, Balenciaga, Gap and Adidas. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Kreiz will manage day-to-day operations while Ellison maintains the creative, big-picture vision and handles relationships with talent.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
The company has strengthened relationships with suppliers to support a larger and more resilient production network.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of relationships

Noun

Hirst also wants to avoid any collaborations that are simply artist merch.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 3 Oct. 2026
An art book highlighting her career, fashion and artistic collaborations, Ongoing was published under Rizzoli International Publications.

— Mariel Turner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of collaborations

Noun

Attempts to coordinate the different agencies under a central authority to fight organized crime have failed in Congress, where professional associations representing those agencies have resisted anything that would reduce their power.

— MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
The model then forms statistical associations between the person’s name, profession, companies and areas of activity.

— Alona Karpinska, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of associations

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Raghupathy Sivakumar does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

— Raghupathy Sivakumar, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
James Bisbee and Patrick Egan do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

— Patrick Egan, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of affiliations

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Davie didn’t go into detail on how to reach such scale but mentioned partnerships with big sector and technology players, which has been a focus for him and his team, including cooperations with Disney.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
Steyer, a billionaire himself, has said the state’s wealthiest residents and cooperations should pay more in taxes.

— Grace Hase, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026

Definition of cooperations

Noun

The rich collections do a great job of honoring visual traditions and explaining their connections to real people and real places.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' 2022 review of fetal awareness concluded that pain perception requires an integrated network of neural connections.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of connections

Noun

China-Japan relations have come under heavy strain since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament in November last year that Japan could get militarily involved in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

— Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
Questions remain over how a citizen of Oman, a country which does not have formal diplomatic relations with Israel, was authorized to co-pilot a plane bound for Tel Aviv, despite Israel’s strict security regulations.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

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