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noun

plural of affiliate

as in cells

a local unit of an organization our local Humane Society is an affiliate of a national organization

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verb

present tense third-person singular of affiliate

as in allies

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Nonprofits join growing number of affiliates Commercial affiliates aren’t new to higher education. — James Pollard, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 Helicopter footage captured by local CBS and NBC affiliates showed the blue motorcycle speeding on surface streets, with the rider wearing a mask and often appearing to be talking on his phone, and at least once, standing up on his bike. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 At the Busan Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit later that month, Beijing agreed to a one-year suspension of its extraterritorial export controls, matched by Washington’s reciprocal suspension of the affiliates rule. — Gloria Xiong, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 From launchpads to low Earth orbit and beyond, space companies and their affiliates are deploying a familiar marketing tactic – with a new twist. — Marissa E. Yingling, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026 Some affiliates have already cut ties with Phia after last month’s reporting. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 12 Aug. 2026 The Pittsburgh Penguins announced the coaching staffs for their American Hockey League and ECHL affiliates ahead of the 2026-27 season. — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026 As such, states have an incentive to vouch for the strictest possible rules regarding affiliates. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026 If approved, the city manager would be authorized to carry out the various agreements with the Royals and their affiliates, developers, incentive agencies and others to build the stadium. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026

Verb

The incident occurred on Saturday evening, May 23, at the Driftwood Grill in Summerton, NBC affiliates WIS and WYFF, Fox affiliate WJW, CBS affiliate WLTX and The Post and Courier reported. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026

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Noun

That protein then trains the immune system to learn to attack cancer cells.

— Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
The vaccine targets abnormal proteins called neoantigens that appear on the surface of cancer cells.

— Aria Bendix, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026

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Verb

But the rub this time is the introduction of Varang (Oona Chaplin), an unhinged leader of a tribe who allies herself with human villains.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 July 2026
The ash people’s perspective allies them with the group looking to strip-mine Pandora’s resources.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025

Definition of allies

Noun

Altogether, the homes trace the major chapters of James’s career, from teenage phenom to NBA veteran and businessman.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2026
Jules survives, and the book continues across a decade, with chapters telling of the first of May each year, relentlessly building toward a surprising conclusion.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of chapters

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What being Southern meant to his father—and the values Duane associates with being a Southern gentleman.

— Sid Evans, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2026
The productivity boom everyone associates with the personal computer didn’t actually show up in the macro data until 15 years after the PC was commercialized.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 July 2026

Definition of associates

Verb

One notable example is MIT’s myoneural actuator, a living implant made from muscle tissue that interfaces naturally with nerves.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
By having a single system that interfaces with all of your current systems and allows for workflow across your entire organization will help to eliminate some of this complexity.

— TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

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