as in to cooperate
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 collaborate
You might be disappointed to learn that OOIOO and Lightning Bolt do not actually collaborate on their new LP, The Horizon Spirals/The Horizon Viral.
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Reed Jackson, SPIN, 24 Apr. 2026
Astrophysicist at California Institute of Technology, collaborated with NASA.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Lim has collaborated with other luxury brands that includes fashion houses Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Dior.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
Community members, organizations and businesses can meet, network and collaborate while enjoying food, drinks and drawing prizes.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
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Reed Jackson, SPIN, 24 Apr. 2026
Astrophysicist at California Institute of Technology, collaborated with NASA.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Lim has collaborated with other luxury brands that includes fashion houses Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Dior.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
Community members, organizations and businesses can meet, network and collaborate while enjoying food, drinks and drawing prizes.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
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At City Hall, Witzburg's team pressed Mayor Brandon Johnson to fire a top advisor for failing to cooperate with a misconduct probe – which the mayor refused to do – and urged him to make public a gift room her investigators were denied access to, which Johnson agreed to do.—
Chris Tye,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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As Ballmer sees it, Sanberg agreed to cooperate in exchange for the league submitting a favorable sentencing letter to Judge Wilson, and thus he shouldn’t be regarded as a credible informant.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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What unites us is this wonder about venturing further into space.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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Gross said the prayer was clearly an attempt to show the two churches united, especially in confronting the global conflicts and projecting a message of unity.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Collaborate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collaborate. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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