federate
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California’s elderly parole program originates from a federate court ruling aimed at reducing overcrowding in jails and is based in part on studies that show that the risk of recidivism decreases with age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
The technical term for making social networks interoperable this way is “federation,” and it turns out there are multiple ways sites can federate.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
It aims to federate the next generation of hackers for the New York innovation community.
From Forbes ● Feb. 15, 2013
Streit's seven democracies could simply make up their minds to federate, go full steam ahead and let Russia go whistle.
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Ideally it will federate them all in community leadership.
From The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity by Fiske, George Walter
This had perhaps decided the fate of the pastor's house, when the sergeant of federates interfered, and addressing the officer said to him, "I have received orders to stop the fire just here."
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
He also required that the federates, who were defended by the Girondists, should be sent without delay to Soissons.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)
From all points of the compass federates are arriving.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
A cosmopolitan, a catholic man; who, being such, ties himself to no narrow tailor or teacher, but federates, in heart as in costume, something of the various gallantries of men under various suns.
From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman
The federates of the departments were ranged in order under their banners; the deputies of the army and the national guards were in their ranks, and under their ensigns.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)
The group recommended adopting what they described as a federated model, with a centralized setup and more shared services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
There have been years of discussions of a federated European Union cloud and talks of what lessened dependence on the whims of American Big Tech companies might mean.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
By February 2023, just one pupil remained on its roll, although that pupil was actually taught at the nearby Sharow Church of England Primary School, which is federated with Skelton Newby Hall.
From BBC ● May 30, 2023
The report said Meta's new content app would support ActivityPub, the decentralized social networking protocol that powers Twitter-rival Mastodon and other federated apps.
From Reuters ● Mar. 10, 2023
It would seem wise, therefore, for the denominational authorities to agree that when federated churches are formed the choice of pastors should be made, so far as possible, on the basis of interdenominational reciprocity.
From Six Thousand Country Churches by Gill, Charles Otis
EU institutions, Kirchick argues, are struggling toward a complex and noble goal: federating 28 countries.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2017
He links the increase to schools federating and becoming academies and to intense pressure over poor results.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2010
Ghana feels free to consider federating with Guinea, a former colony of France.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Jamaica, much the largest and richest of the present federating group, will provide more than half the federation's 2,400,000 population.
From Time Magazine Archive
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If there is only a single church in the place and it commands the respect and loyalty of the people, it may well be the federating agency.
From The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity by Fiske, George Walter