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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
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After months of searching, the loan shark (Kim Pub-lae) and his accomplice, Woo-seok, finally find the salesman in a train station, playing another round of ddakji with a potential player.Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Jerry Beatty and an accomplice then offered her a ride but instead abducted her, raped her, tortured her and ultimately murdered her, as stated in the press release.Ellie Buckheit, Baltimore Sun, 14 Dec. 2024
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The comments, published in 2023 biography of Romney, were sparked by Vance's transformation from a Trump critic to a staunch supporter.Zac Anderson, The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2024
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The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, is one of Putin’s staunchest backers and a vocal supporter of the war in Ukraine.Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Sidney Powell and Ken Chesebro both plead guilty and agree to cooperate.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Police have said multiple times the family is cooperating with investigators.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
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In 1942, the United States had entered the Second World War and was facing the daunting problem of how to move massive amounts of men, munitions, and supplies across the Atlantic Ocean to Britain in the face of Germany's all-out U-boat offensive to sink as much Allied shipping as possible.David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
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Topline President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. should seek to gain control of Greenland for national security reasons and threatened to take over the Panama Canal by force, marking the latest in a series of controversial foreign policy remarks Trump has made about allied nations.Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Slowly, ideas that Xiao and his allies had propagated decades ago—the stabilizing force of the strongman and a reverence for cultural traditions—seem to have arrived in the control center of the world’s most powerful liberal democracy.Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
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Although Western allies have significantly upgraded Ukraine's air defenses, the country has endured a series of Russian aerial attacks targeting its cities and critical infrastructure.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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But in Congress, Republican and Democratic lawmakers have been mostly united in their stance that China is a rising threat.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 19 Dec. 2024
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The future belongs to companies that seamlessly unite strategy and tech.Sarah Elk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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The sales increase seems to coincide with the partisan culture wars, Jeff Jones, a Gallup senior editor told USA TODAY.Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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In an era of identity politics and culture wars, community sponsorship programs seem able to trigger a personal sense of responsibility for caring for others that animates people to override their partisan and social boundaries on an issue that is otherwise defined by them.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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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 30 Dec. 2024.
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