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federate

[fed-uh-reyt, fed-er-it] / ˈfɛd əˌreɪt, ˈfɛd ər ɪt /


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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

The Catholics are willing to receive stray sheep; the Protestants are trying to federate the flocks.*

From Time Magazine Archive

The law of 1884 gave state employees the right to form associations, but not to federate or organize syndicats.

From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.

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)

When the federates from Marseilles arrived, on their way to the camp at Soissons, the faubourgs were to meet them, and then repair, unexpectedly, to the château.

From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)

The day before the evacuation of Petersburg by the Con federates, Grant was urged to order an attack upon the Confederate positions.

From Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) by Hurlbert, William Henry

Marseilles, federates of, arrive in Paris, 268; the scum of the jails, 269; at the Tuileries, 290, 306 et seq.,

From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron

At eight in the evening the federates, who were not aware that we had escaped, came back and called on the gaolers to produce us.

From Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by Leighton, John

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

Speaking to the BBC's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme, Mr Karp argued that patients' data would be safe if Palantir won the contract for the planned federated data platform.

From BBC Oct. 29, 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

Being a federated body, the National Committee had to bow to this decision and stand by, helpless, while its effects worked havoc with the strike.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by Foster, William Z.

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

In "federating" the labor laws of Mexico, President Fortes Gil aims first to set up a system of federal "labor courts" and "labor judges" with a "Supreme Labor Court" at Mexico City.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, honestly, I could not exactly make out what they were federating about, and what they were going to do when they got federated.

From That Fortune by Warner, Charles Dudley




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