associate
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Athletes often get introduced to a scheme by a teammate, agent, friend, family member or business associate.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
What could EU associate member status mean for Canada?
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Brian Cunniff, an associate professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the university's Larner College of Medicine, serves as the company's chief science officer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
But what would associate membership actually look like?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
What does it symbolize, what could it represent, or what do you associate it with?
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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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
Sazan appealed to the infamously paranoid Hoxha as a vantage point from which he and his associates could look out for any invaders who might come sailing over the Mediterranean to interrupt his rule.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Virginia Commonwealth University Associate Prof. Damian Pitt and his associates found that emissions from data centers’ generators in Northern Virginia increased significantly between 2015 and 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Rad Lab staff and associates seated in the lap of the magnet yoke of the 60-inch, under construction in the still-skeletal Crocker Lab.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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The logic then was to avoid the risk associated with turnovers in the middle of the pitch.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Besides downside risks associated with autocallables, investors should also know that when the reference assets rise to a certain level ahead of their maturity, then they may be called away.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Perhaps if Short weren’t associated with a detective noir masterpiece, she would never have become a useful metaphor for the corruption and rot associated with Hollywood and Los Angeles, or an eternal enigma.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Inflammasomes are often associated with damaging inflammatory responses, but the researchers found that this system can also play a protective role under the right conditions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Some turn in the road, some new object suddenly perceived and recognised, reminded me of days gone by, and were associated with the lighthearted gaiety of boyhood.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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“The problem with associating a person with a technology is that that technology suddenly becomes a solution for everything,” he said, because their bonus depends on it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
How have you really held on to this DIY ethos while now associating yourself with a bigger label?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
“Epstein was a master manipulator, and I deeply regret associating with him,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
“I think it gets pretty bad — and a little bit worse every day,” responded Karp, who has expressed regret for associating with Epstein.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026
“And you’ve been associating colors with letters and numbers ever since.”
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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