federate

Example Sentences

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After Mr. Musk bought Twitter, one alternative service that immediately gained attention was Mastodon, which is known as a federated platform and functions as a collection of social networks.

From New York Times

The federated server model on Mastodon also has potential drawbacks.

From Salon

Mastodon is what is known as a federated platform, meaning it is a collection of social networks — or servers — that link together but are owned by different people or groups.

From New York Times

The federated approach has downsides: it is harder to find people to follow in Mastodon's anarchic sprawl then on the neatly ordered town square that centrally administered Twitter or Facebook can offer.

From Reuters

The labor movement is well situated for this, because locals within the unions are federated but have a national coordinating mechanism.

From Salon