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cooperator

[koh-ahp-uh-rayt-er] / koʊˈɑp əˌreɪt ər /






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They’ve got one cooperator, but you can cross-examine the cooperator, who’s cooperating in hopes of a more lenient sentence.

From Slate Jan. 7, 2026

According to the detective, the cooperator identified Quintero by his legal name, nickname and birth date — even describing a distinctive tribal band tattoo on his arm.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 10, 2025

"He is not a viable cooperator for the Fulton County D.A.,"

From Salon Feb. 27, 2024

While Wang is the first cooperator to take the stand, jurors have so far heard from three other witnesses.

From Reuters Oct. 6, 2023

She was a valiant cooperator in the work of the Catholic missionaries during the early part of the last century, and American Catholics can scarcely fail to be interested in her story.

From Venerable Philippine Duchesne by G. E. M.

“Is his case just gonna be based on the testimony of sources and cooperators, which is pretty much what it was in President Hernandez’s case?”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 5, 2026

Some models were designed to create a vortex, which, through its shear pattern, localized cooperators within a ring while pushing cheaters to the outer rim of the environment -- essentially localizing cooperation.

From Science Daily Feb. 6, 2024

Former FBI assistant director Frank Figliuzzi suggested that "there are multiple cooperators" in the documents case because the indictment references two people's conversations.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2023

Moira Penza, a former federal prosecutor, said that the best government cooperators accepted blame on the witness stand and that the “power differential” between Ms. Ellison and Mr. Bankman-Fried could make her a compelling voice.

From New York Times Jul. 20, 2023

The imported nuts were planted in the Division's nursery at Glenn Dale, Md., and the resulting seedlings distributed as 1- and 2-year-old trees to cooperators throughout the eastern United States.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 by Northern Nut Growers Association




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