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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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Money does not change hands among residents, not in its cooperative grocery store nor community canteen.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 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

“Monetary policy is a cooperative game. The whole point is to get financial markets on our side and for them to do some of our work for us.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Having thrown several successful shui jiao-making parties, his classmates were organizing a cooperative cooking program, and Ralph was practicing up, to be sure he’d be able to participate.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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