as in partnership
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
the drama club's hookup with a local acting company provided several aspiring young actors with experience doing summer theater
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as in to travel
to come or be together as friends
former classmates who hooked up and started a business together
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Recent Examples of hookup
Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
The big-play hookup put the ball on the Jets’ 9-yard line, and Boutte was tackled inches shy of the goal line on a subsequent 4-yard catch.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2024
EW.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Patients with the condition have limited treatment options outside of wearing masks hooked up to cumbersome machines that provide positive airway pressure, or PAP, to allow for normal breathing.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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Noun
In tow are Demian’s trans teenage daughter and Toto’s unlikely hookup, nicknamed The Flake.
—Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
The big-play hookup put the ball on the Jets’ 9-yard line, and Boutte was tackled inches shy of the goal line on a subsequent 4-yard catch.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 hasn't even click-clacked back in the house just yet, and the girls are already hooking up, spilling tea, and (gently) fighting in Entertainment Weekly's exclusive group interview with the new cast of queens.
—EW.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Patients with the condition have limited treatment options outside of wearing masks hooked up to cumbersome machines that provide positive airway pressure, or PAP, to allow for normal breathing.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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Russia has also invested in combat robots, utilizing AI to modernize its military technology in partnership with China, developing UGVs such as the Uran-9, a robot tank, Platform-M, a rocket strike system, and the Soratnik, a seven-ton drone tank.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The second capsule, also sustainably minded, included footwear in partnership with eco-conscious company ACBC.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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The confident and haughty Onegin kills his friend in the duel and flees to travel the world to ruminate.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
23 Jan. 2025
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Many European athletes decided to stay home because of the Russo-Japanese War, as well as the effort and expense required to travel to the United States.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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Bezos and Zuckerberg, with whom Trump previously had contentious relationships, have gone out of their way to get closer to him this time around.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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The crisis of monogamy, the possibility of having more honest, effective relationships, but without judging anyone.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2025
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While this rule of thumb is a bedrock of financial well-being, the ever-changing landscape surrounding retirement and the financial implications associated with preparing for this exciting stage of life can often be intimidating and potentially hazardous to navigate alone.—
Alex Hunter,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
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Sixty four percent of response professionals see an increase in business risk associated with responding to customers formally (via RFP, DDQ) and informally when sales reps answer non proposal questions or customers get answers from chatbots.—
Stephen Diorio,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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After the Madison shooting, a separate social media user noted their association and tweeted at the FBI, accusing Henderson and others of having prior warning.—
Phoebe Petrovic,
ProPublica,
25 Jan. 2025
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Now, with the LLCs owning at least half of the units but lacking the 80% threshold required under state law to terminate the condo association and control the property, holdout owners are playing hardball.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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Stop electing these opportunists, and please run candidates that care about our state and its citizens.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 Jan. 2025
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The officers eventually issue Holloway a citation for his expired registration, but not for running the stop sign.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
17 Jan. 2025
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The joy con covers appear to be able to connect to the controllers magnetically when removed from the Switch 2′s main tablet when propping the console up on its stand or docking it to play via a home TV.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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The museum also will have a new visual identity with a modern fractal tree logo as a symbol of growth, exploration and being connected with a science education foundation.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Jan. 2025
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In response to Thai authorities efforts to shut off those utilities, the scammers have increasingly turned to the Starlink internet connections of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, according to multiple law enforcement officials.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
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Travelers from the Rancho Cucamonga station, located 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, can transfer to the Metrolink passenger rail system for connections across the region.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Hookup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hookup. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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