Thesaurus results for COHORT

cohort

noun

ˈkō-ˌhȯrt

Definition of cohort

as in associate

a person frequently seen in the company of another if you're trying to give up drinking, your cohorts shouldn't be confirmed party animals

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as in accomplice

one associated with another in wrongdoing she and her cohorts were arrested for shoplifting

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Recent Examples of cohort Both cohorts showed evidence of a dose-dependent association, in which higher blood xylitol concentrations corresponded to higher rates of cardiovascular events. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2026 The last generation of technology, meanwhile, ushered in a cohort of social media apps that proved so addictive that Meta agreed to fork over up to $17 billion as part of a landmark settlement this week. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026 The cohort driving the current wave was largely bought between 2018 and 2022, often at peak multiples, financed with cheap, pre-rate-hike debt. — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Polymarket, the second-largest US prediction market, declined to comment and hasn’t publicly disclosed any spending and trading data for its 18-21 cohort. — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cohort

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Noun

State health authorities who have been fighting the opioid crisis for decades are still surprised by the drop, said Evan Gumas, a senior research associate at the Commonwealth Fund.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Well, this elevated me in Wendell’s eyes from solicitous writer/actor/film associate to a person who works with his/her hands to craft furniture and other heroic implements from wood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of associate

Noun

Brand fans have spotted the pieces on everyone from colleagues to Hailey Bieber and Taylor Swift, and Dorsey is now an eight-figure business, according to the company.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
My Sun colleagues back at the paper’s Fleet Street office had just discovered that Jagger was planning to reunite with Hall, the glamorous cover girl and catwalk star, in Paris.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of colleague

Noun

Trout and Neto reached out to an unnamed Rams player on Tuesday to gather intel on their new owner, who has a sterling reputation amongst his NFL peers.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Unlike some of its contemporary peers, AllSaints is not rushing back to the runway.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of peer

Noun

Stuart Anderson is the executive director of the National Foundation for American Policy, where Mark Regets is a senior fellow.

— Stuart Anderson, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
Greenberg joins the ranks of past Circle of Champions honorees including Sephora’s Artemis Patrick; fellow L’Oréal alum Carol Hamilton; FIT’s Stephan Kanlian and more.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of fellow

Noun

Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley estended her condolences to victim’s friends and family.

— Elgin Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
More messages arrived over Discord, X, WhatsApp, and even from a colleague who had been asked by a friend to see whether Fabian would correct his story to say that the explosion had been caused by interceptor fragments.

— Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of friend

Noun

Then again, being that Vought has been pushing his buddy POTUS to back a federal incentive since May 2025 to little success until today, let’s see what the follow through here really is before anyone starts planning the parade.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
The committee would eventually disband without an answer, despite the fact that Selig had helped engineer the sale of the team in 2005 to Lew Wolff, an old University of Wisconsin frat buddy, and John Fisher.

— Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of buddy

Noun

Like many of his classmates, Kennedy entertained the idea of becoming a priest.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Despite Bret’s passionate insistence that his classmate is a serial killer, Croft tells him Robert is a good kid from a good family and sends him back to class.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

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