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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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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of collaborating
Verb
On Monday, Iranian state media said a man was arrested in Tehran on suspicion of collaborating with the Israeli spy agency Mossad. Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026 Stretch assignments may include high-visibility initiatives, turnaround assignments, working with high-profile clients, getting influence to get work done, and collaborating with challenging individuals. Scott J. Allen, Big Think, 6 Jan. 2026 Blackbear, 35, is most known for collaborating with popular artists such as Justin Bieber, Nick Jonas, Maroon 5, Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker, and Machine Gun Kelly. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2026 Diane was also known for collaborating with esteemed filmmaker Nancy Meyers, including Father of the Bride and Something's Gotta Give. Hannah Malach, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026 As the years went on, his career teetered on the mainstream, opening for Nine Inch Nails on tour and collaborating with FKA Twigs and the Weeknd. Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2026 It's been collaborating the entire time with Pininfarina, the Italian design house that can point to more than 60 years of incredibly beautiful Ferraris to make its case as the greatest automotive design firm of them all. New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026 StubHub is among the companies collaborating with OpenAI directly since its debut of Operator in January, which promises to perform actions online. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 10 Nov. 2025 In 2017, he was also invited to join the Eagles on tour, and has since continued collaborating with them. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaborating
Adjective
  • Choose cooperative words to move stalled conversations forward.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The music industry has been racing to harness the latest developments in AI and protect its valuable catalogs, gradually shifting from a hostile approach to a more cooperative stance.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The 2024 legislative session saw leadership struggling with complicated legislation at last minute, and only the Assembly cooperating with Newsom’s request for a special session on gas prices.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Mame Hill was 24, pregnant with her second child, doing missionary work while living in Mexico City when her body abruptly stopped cooperating.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Since then, says Carroll, Hollywood and the field of physics have had a kind of symbiotic relationship around wormholes.
    Katia Riddle, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
  • These organisms depend on symbiotic bacteria that convert toxic chemicals into energy that sustains life.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The Messthetics—the band formed around Fugazi’s rhythm section of Joe Lally and Brendan Canty—released their debut album in 2018 and a follow-up a year later, before uniting with jazz saxophonist Lewis.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Fighting social services fraud is an issue that seems to be uniting the major parties.
    Tony Aiello, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The company is in an inherently difficult strategic position due to Uber’s dominance — while Lyft is only in the US and Canada, Uber is diversified across most global markets and has expanded into other synergetic areas like food and alcohol delivery.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 31 May 2025
  • 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

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“Collaborating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collaborating. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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