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associate

[uh-soh-shee-eyt, -see-, uh-soh-shee-it, -eyt, -see-] / əˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-, əˈsoʊ ʃi ɪt, -ˌeɪt, -si- /






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Athletes often get introduced to a scheme by a teammate, agent, friend, family member or business associate.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

Brian Cunniff, an associate professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the university's Larner College of Medicine, serves as the company's chief science officer.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

The comments came after the EU’s top official said she would work to make Canada the bloc’s first associate member.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

But today's deals have much stronger affordability checks and do not pose the same risks, says David Hollingworth, associate director at brokers L&C Mortgages.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

During the campaign, I’d done most of my shopping at a boutique in Chicago where I’d had the good fortune of meeting a young sales associate named Meredith Koop.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Kremlev repeatedly told associates he was worried about being targeted by a U.S. government probe, according to a person close to IBA leadership.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

This was something all Americans should defend, "including the associates of Elon Musk, who has proclaimed himself to be a 'free speech absolutist,'" the statement added.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

We laughed as I recalled Arlene driving us to the partner’s 40th birthday party—the only associates invited.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Sazan appealed to the infamously paranoid Hoxha as a vantage point from which he and his associates could look out for any invaders who might come sailing over the Mediterranean to interrupt his rule.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

There on the worn stones of the Quarter I enlisted the aid of this wilted flower of a human in gathering his associates in foppery together behind a banner of brotherhood.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The excellent preservation of the specimen allowed the researchers to recognize several anatomical traits associated with Diplodocus, including:

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

Others once more commonly associated with southern England have also spread further north.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

It has traded above the 200-DMA intraday, given all the recent volatility associated with rising oil prices and interest rates, but has not closed above it.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

Perhaps if Short weren’t associated with a detective noir masterpiece, she would never have become a useful metaphor for the corruption and rot associated with Hollywood and Los Angeles, or an eternal enigma.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

Besides, no one truly suspects the infamously black-and-white circus would be associated with an event so full of color.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Staley has previously said he didn’t know about Epstein’s crimes and regretted associating with him.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

As a historian who had come across the Church of England's links to slavery as a student, for many years Mallett had long been conflicted about associating with the institution.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

Does he fear the risk posed by associating with him?

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 2026

“As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

If Chaol spent so much time warning him about the dangers of associating with Celaena, what was he doing here in the middle of the night?

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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