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participate

[pahr-tis-uh-payt] / pɑrˈtɪs əˌpeɪt /


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For the S&P 500 to deliver returns on par with its historical performance, tech stocks — which carry a weighting in the index of just under 40% — will likely need to participate.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

Both the league and the union say they want to participate in the Games, but Manfred said MLB would normally start preparing its 2028 schedule early in 2027.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Asked if Melania could participate in trilateral Ukraine-Russia-US peace talks that the Kremlin says will resume in Abu Dhabi next month, Trump replied: "No, but it's not the worst idea I've ever heard."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Private religious schools like St. Mary, a Catholic parish school in Littleton, are eligible to participate, but only if they accept all students regardless of religious values and practice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Project VOTE! had helped him see what was possible if those people were empowered to participate.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Finding similar effects in both fruit flies and mice suggests that DEAF1 participates in an evolutionarily conserved system, meaning the underlying biological function has been maintained across species over long periods of evolution.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Tanden willingly participates in the roasting, and as a woman of color, she’s destined to be on the brunt end of the internet, but as far as she’s concerned, it’s all been worth it.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Humans are probably the only species on Earth that actively fantasizes about its own extinction — and definitely the only one that actively participates in it.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Last year, he estimates he paid a little over $10,000 with twice as many employees—thanks to declining rates, dividends from the fund’s surplus and discounts for two safety programs he participates in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

She was the type of girl who participates, and Rowan was the kind of kid who avoids.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Unless a human participated in or knew about the scheme, Diamantis said, the A.I. system’s internal reasoning is “legally irrelevant.”

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

One of the unions organising the rallies, the CGT, said it estimated 800,000 people participated across the country, with 250,000 in Paris.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

"By the time workers realise what they have participated in, things may have gone too far," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Moderna and Merck’s cancer vaccine helped prevent the return of melanoma or death by 42% after about two years in patients who participated in the high-profile Phase 3 clinical trial.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

They came directly home, sobered by the travesty in which they had participated.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

More demanding activities included running, cycling at higher speeds, participating in team sports, playing singles tennis, shoveling, and carrying heavy objects.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Today, there are more than 5,000 children participating in iACT soccer academies in Chad, the Central African Republic, Cameroon and Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

“I want them to be like, ‘Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that.’

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

They said that Hurts was clinically stable and would be placed on blood thinners, prohibiting him from participating in contact activities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“How do you feel about participating in this competition?” he asks next, and I breathe out with relief that he’s let the issue of my childhood drop.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau


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