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associate

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






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In his 2022 book, Timmis wrote about a Fellowship associate named Charles McLeod.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Those Russians include Chemezov; Arkady Rotenberg, a longtime associate of Putin; and Igor Kesaev, an oligarch involved in arms manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“There was nothing going for him for a long, long time,” said Jason McDaniel, associate professor of political science at San Francisco State University.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Ellen Meade, an associate professor of economics at Duke University, said she thinks Warsh will want to demonstrate at his first press conference that there is a “new world” at the Fed.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

His associate, an over-enthusiastic junior scythe named Bello, had already turned on the DNA detector and picked up traces the moment they stepped out of the car.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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