cooperative

Example Sentences

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He recalled a drab maze of run-down buildings inside a vast wooded compound whose tedious daily rhythms moved to the whims of wardens that rewarded the cooperative and punished the defiant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Asked if the US was being cooperative, Sir Mark said: "Yeah, so those conversations are where I'd expect them to be at the moment."

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Of the 245 animals belonging to the farmers' cooperative of which Felix is a member, 128 have fallen ill and 14 did not survive.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

“Attendance matters. If you’re there, we consider you a cooperative and close partner,” said Ryan Berg, director of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, a think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

But sometimes I do like a couple of cooperative fish of frying size.

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