cooperative

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He recalled a drab maze of run-down buildings inside a vast wooded compound whose tedious daily rhythms moved to the whims of wardens that rewarded the cooperative and punished the defiant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Hayes said being part of a cooperative was "far better than going to a fuel retailer".

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

“Attendance matters. If you’re there, we consider you a cooperative and close partner,” said Ryan Berg, director of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, a think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Here, guests will first build their own spaceship, and then have it scanned into the game for a cooperative shoot-’em-up.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

A, however, can reason as follows: If B takes the cooperative option, I can get what I want at no cost to me by taking the individualist option.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos