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as in accomplice
one associated with another in wrongdoing
the police were able to track down his confederates once the thief started talking
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as in supporter
someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support
relied on her confederates in the medical community for support
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as in to cooperate
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
the nations confederated in order to lower international trade barriers
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as in allied
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Recent Examples of confederate
Vince Beiser, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
In recent months, officers said, the smugglers had begun using drones to conduct surveillance or, in some cases, to ferry small parcels to confederates across the border.
—Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Andrew R. Chow, Time, 21 Nov. 2022
The holiday celebrates confederate soldiers such as Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee.
—Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY, 15 June 2021
Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
Every member expelled in history of this institution has been convicted of crimes or confederate turncoats guilty of treason.
—ABC News, 3 Dec. 2023
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Noun
Prosecutors said that workers in on the scheme would open the gates for trucks driven by their confederates, who loaded them up with raw copper and drove right back out.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
In recent months, officers said, the smugglers had begun using drones to conduct surveillance or, in some cases, to ferry small parcels to confederates across the border.
—Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Verb
The Kinfolk app’s launch comes as fierce debate rages about the monuments staring down at us from city centers: those that pay tribute to confederate leaders, slave owners, or other tarnished once-heroes.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 21 Nov. 2022
The holiday celebrates confederate soldiers such as Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee.
—Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY, 15 June 2021
Adjective
The provision was used often in the years immediately after the Civil War, but fell into disuse after Congress granted an amnesty to many confederate veterans in 1872.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
Every member expelled in history of this institution has been convicted of crimes or confederate turncoats guilty of treason.
—ABC News, 3 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confederate
Noun
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Lawyers for Nelson also argued that one of his accomplices had injuries that were consistent with the assault while Nelson did not.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Mark Crew shot his wife in 1982, while an accomplice severed her head.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Taake, 36, was serving a 6-year sentence in a Colorado prison when President Donald Trump pardoned him and 1,500 other MAGA supporters for seizing the Capitol in protest of his 2020 election defeat.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Yoon was impeached and suspended from presidential duties over his actions and has been in detention since his Jan. 15 arrest following an hours-long standoff between law enforcement and the president's guard and supporters.—
Rebecca Falconer,
Axios,
27 Jan. 2025
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In November, the Chicago Public Schools' Board of Education passed a resolution stating that schools would not cooperate with ICE in enforcing immigration laws.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Lawmakers from both parties, who passed the law in April, fear TikTok could cooperate with the Chinese government to use the app for spying or nefarious data collection.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, both readouts referred to the 80th anniversary of the allied victory shared by Beijing and Moscow in World War II.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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The North Korean corps makes up a fifth of the Russian and allied force attempting to eliminate the 250-square-mile salient that 20,000 Ukrainian troops carved out of Kursk in a surprise August offensive.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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In effect, Iran knows what’s coming, having lost its proxies, Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria, and trust in its ally Russia.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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While the Supreme Court last year ruled that presidents enjoy broad immunity from prosecution for what could be considered official acts, the president’s aides and allies enjoy no such shield.—
Colleen Long,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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Storytelling enables leaders to articulate that purpose in a way that unites their teams around common goals.—
Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Reverend Bryant, the minister of a predominantly Black congregation, mellow in private but fiery in the pulpit, unites a community in death as in life.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Merrick Garland continues his bid to outrank Eric Holder as the most partisan attorney general in American history.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
18 Jan. 2025
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Predicting that the economy will be fine once the crisis is over will leave more space for partisan bickering that ultimately hurts South Korea.—
Victor Cha,
Fortune Asia,
18 Jan. 2025
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Knowledge graphs can also federate multiple databases together, natively bringing together disparate data.—
Brian Platz,
Forbes,
21 Nov. 2024
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There are also cases where the management and execution of that can be highly federated, and there might be multiple people.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
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“Confederate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confederate. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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