as in to cooperate
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
in the years following World War II, the U.S. and the nations of western Europe made the decision to federate as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Recent Examples of federate
Key steps include: Building A Robust Data Ecosystem Determining the optimal data ecosystem architecture, whether centralized or federated, involves balancing coordination with domain-specific needs, governance and scalability to maximize data value.
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Tina Chakrabarty, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The nonprofit Ebell Club was chartered and federated on March 9, 1984, and since that time members have raised more than $300,000 for numerous philanthropies both within the community, as well as national organizations.
—Sharon Hlapcich, Orange County Register, 20 Feb. 2025
Knowledge graphs can also federate multiple databases together, natively bringing together disparate data.
—Brian Platz, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
There are also cases where the management and execution of that can be highly federated, and there might be multiple people.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
And Puntland, which awaits an effective Somali government with which to federate, has become a launching pad for many of the pirate attacks around the vital shipping lane between Djibouti and Yemen.
—Michael Crawford, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2010
Out with the old broken model, in with the New
A fundamental shift away from centralized and federated identity systems is long overdue.
—Alastair Johnson, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
And then that means if a lot of people are federating and self-hosting, that ecosystem can just shift around piece by piece to the services that haven’t shut down their APIs and that haven’t let users feel betrayed.
—Nilay Patel, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
Instead of the audio for voice posts, Meta considered federating text transcripts, but ultimately decided to stick with sharing the audio.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
Tina Chakrabarty, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The nonprofit Ebell Club was chartered and federated on March 9, 1984, and since that time members have raised more than $300,000 for numerous philanthropies both within the community, as well as national organizations.
—Sharon Hlapcich, Orange County Register, 20 Feb. 2025
Knowledge graphs can also federate multiple databases together, natively bringing together disparate data.
—Brian Platz, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
There are also cases where the management and execution of that can be highly federated, and there might be multiple people.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
And Puntland, which awaits an effective Somali government with which to federate, has become a launching pad for many of the pirate attacks around the vital shipping lane between Djibouti and Yemen.
—Michael Crawford, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2010
Out with the old broken model, in with the New
A fundamental shift away from centralized and federated identity systems is long overdue.
—Alastair Johnson, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
And then that means if a lot of people are federating and self-hosting, that ecosystem can just shift around piece by piece to the services that haven’t shut down their APIs and that haven’t let users feel betrayed.
—Nilay Patel, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
Instead of the audio for voice posts, Meta considered federating text transcripts, but ultimately decided to stick with sharing the audio.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for federate
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The charges were first dropped a few weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term in part because the case would impede Adams’ ability to do his job as mayor, including cooperating with Trump’s immigration crackdown, the Justice Department’s new acting deputy attorney general wrote.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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Bove argued that the case had national security implications by restricting Adams’s ability to cooperate with the feds on immigration matters, interfered with the mayor’s ability to govern, and was improperly filed within nine months of the mayoral primary.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
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Republican leaders in the House worked to unite their divided party behind the budget plan this week before Congress leaves town for a two-week recess.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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California has 43 Democratic House members, who tend to be united in questioning the Trump tariff policies.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce are collaborating on the steakhouse, which will be located at the Loews Kansas City hotel at 1515 Wyandotte St. Mahomes said last year that there will be a cheeseburger on the menu named for Chiefs coach Andy Reid.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2025
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For the six-piece collection—which features workwear essentials like two-way stretch bootcut jeans, bandanas and overalls in multiple colorways—Dovetail and John Deere collaborated directly with female farmers through surveys, focus groups and wear testing.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Apr. 2025
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