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cooperative

[koh-op-er-uh-tiv, -op-ruh-tiv, -op-uh-rey-tiv] / koʊˈɒp ər ə tɪv, -ˈɒp rə tɪv, -ˈɒp əˌreɪ tɪv /




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"On top of all the problems we already have, we now have this crazy, long, and unexpected heat," said Paolo Mancin, head of the local fishermen's cooperative, standing with in water at 31C.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

Yet, I didn’t pay them a membership fee, and Walgreens was cooperative enough to put up large posters featuring their QR codes.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

The authors emphasize the need for broader studies involving more groups of animals, along with additional experiments aimed at understanding how signals arise, persist, and shape cooperative behavior.

From Science Daily Jun. 20, 2026

Warsh’s wager is that the cooperative game went wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

Quirin was the least cooperative, trying to use his cover story as he was instructed back in sabotage school.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Germany typically ranks in Europe’s least profitable markets for banking because so much of the country’s savings and lending is done at rock-bottom rates through institutions owned by municipalities and cooperatives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

But across the island, small-scale farmers and cooperatives already operate as private entrepreneurs, growing food, managing their own production and selling to local markets, most of which have been privatized.

From Salon Apr. 11, 2026

Even so, Saltiveri, who is president of the federation of farming cooperatives in Catalonia, and almost every other pork farmer in Spain, is feeling its impact.

From BBC Apr. 5, 2026

"Smallholders run up debts with cooperatives and sellers of crop protection products to try to improve production" and this worsens the cycle of poverty, he added.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

Cheese was everywhere, cheese centers, cheese cooperatives, cheese stores and stands, perhaps even cheese ice cream.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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