co-opt
Example Sentences
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The idea wasn’t to subsume or co-opt the radicals, but to delegitimize them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
For students who are incarcerated, the limitations co-opt their educational opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025
Even when third parties successfully identify a policy that appeals to voters and isn’t on the Donkey/Elephant menu, they often watch helplessly as Democrats or Republicans co-opt their ideas.
From Slate • Jul. 15, 2025
"Now we can co-opt this same strategy to advance our efforts to build synthetic multicellular structures -- and eventually tissues and organs -- for regenerative medicine."
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024
On the eve of a joint meeting of all the task forces in October 1955, Strauss cautioned Lawrence against any attempt by Stassen to co-opt his reputation for the cause of disarmament.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
