co-opted

verb

Definition of co-optednext
past tense of co-opt
as in integrated
to make a part of a body or system the national organization co-opted many formerly independent local groups

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  1. integrated
  2. incorporated
  3. assimilated
Verb
  • The same equipment integrated into its powertrain to boost fuel economy also boosts its performance and driving experience to breathtaking levels.
    Peter Nelson, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Well-being must be woven into the DNA of the workplace—integrated into its values, culture and operations.
    Forbes, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of integrated
Verb
  • As a result, such systems are often incorporated into relatively bulky exoskeletons with rigid sections that direct the expansion of the pouches.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
  • And lots of flowers with green foliage incorporated throughout.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of incorporated
Verb
  • In fourteen books of short stories, more than fifty of which were published in The New Yorker, Alice created a new form for expressing the way that the past, incompletely assimilated, creates the conditions of life in the present.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • This was not the result of bottom-up social change, but rather reflected how provincial elites assimilated into the ruling class.
    Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of assimilated
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