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associate

[uh-soh-shee-ayt, -see-, uh-soh-shee-it, -ayt, -see-] / əˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-, əˈsoʊ ʃi ɪt, -ˌeɪt, -si- /






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The analysis, they said, was intended to gauge which retailers AI tended to associate with different consumer needs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Images from a neighbor's security camera included in the complaint allegedly show Zhang and her associate "appearing to film" the family as they arrived home one evening, CBS News said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

"No matter what technique we used, it was coming back to this younger signal," said lead author Elizabeth Catlos, associate professor at UT's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Grip strength is measured using a portable device called a handgrip dynamometer, says Ryan McGrath, an associate professor of exercise science at North Dakota State University.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

I tried to imagine what it would have been like to study in such a place, to walk across marble floors each morning and, day after day, come to associate learning with beauty.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Macquarie retains an outperform rating on the stock but lowers the target price to S$4.98 from S$5.29 on lower fair values for regional associates and significantly weaker foreign-exchange rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

These are not phrases one typically associates with caviar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The 43-year-old tech scion — a film aficionado who has spent two decades building his career in Hollywood — has told associates he doesn’t want to leave L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Kremlev repeatedly told associates he was worried about being targeted by a U.S. government probe, according to a person close to IBA leadership.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Of course, all is not total harmony, in every instance, between associates and their servant-leaders.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Women's teams associated with a Premier League club often take the opportunity to play their home matches at the larger men's stadium to allow more fans to attend.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

As part of a plea deal, Hastert acknowledged that he had illegally avoided reporting requirements associated with bank withdrawals he made for hush-money payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

According to the complaint, federal authorities reviewed records from iCloud accounts associated with Zhang and “Individual 1,” including texts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

“So we just wanted to be a part of that. I feel really good about it, and a lot of good closure associated with that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

While rap is often associated with “gangsta life” in the mainstream press, the origins of rap and hip-hop culture are not rooted in outlaw ideology.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Hoffman apologized in 2019 for associating with Epstein.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

Staley has previously said he didn’t know about Epstein’s crimes and regretted associating with him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

As a historian who had come across the Church of England's links to slavery as a student, for many years Mallett had long been conflicted about associating with the institution.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Botstein has previously apologized for associating with Epstein, said he was unaware of the extent of his behavior and said he met with him to fundraise for the school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Another problem blew up out of Kepler’s eagerness to consolidate his new reputation by associating with other mathematicians and discussing his ideas with them.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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