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cooperative

[koh-op-er-uh-tiv, -op-ruh-tiv, -op-uh-ray-tiv] / koʊˈɒp ər ə tɪv, -ˈɒp rə tɪv, -ˈɒp əˌreɪ tɪv /




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The driver “was cooperative and remained on scene,” CHP said, and provided officers with footage of the crash captured on the Tesla’s dashboard camera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Defectors told the BBC that workers, office employees and cooperative farmers are legally entitled to 14 days of annual leave, but this is rarely followed.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Arla Foods recently merged its business with Germany’s DMK to create a mega European dairy cooperative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Unfortunately, inflation hasn’t been cooperative when it comes to passive savers and their returns,” said Mary Grace Roske, head of communications at CD Valet, a website to shop for bank certificates of deposit.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Quirin was the least cooperative, trying to use his cover story as he was instructed back in sabotage school.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Wildfires pose the greatest reliability risk in the Rocky Mountains, where they can disproportionately affect rural cooperatives, according to NERC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

"Smallholders run up debts with cooperatives and sellers of crop protection products to try to improve production" and this worsens the cycle of poverty, he added.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

Until 1995, the government controlled the amount of rice farmers produced by working closely with agricultural cooperatives.

From BBC ● May 21, 2025

Businesses, nonprofits and small agricultural cooperatives can apply for an economic injury loan or a physical damage loan through SBA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025

Cheese was everywhere, cheese centers, cheese cooperatives, cheese stores and stands, perhaps even cheese ice cream.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck


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