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affiliate

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Definition noun:  an organization or person that is closely associated with another person or organization

verb: to create a close association between two organizations or people

As a verb, "affiliate" means:  to associate with
  • network affiliates
  • They affiliated themselves with the organization
  • Is he protecting someone in the LB, or another gang member affiliated with the LB?
    Simone Elkeles  --  Perfect Chemistry
  • affiliated = closely associated
  • As the popularity of the series quickly spread, William Paley offered it to his network of CBS Radio affiliates.
    Jay Allison, et al.  --  This I Believe
  • Complete withdrawal accompanies recapitulation of termination of Witness $599-6 and affiliate (spouse).
    Robert Cormier  --  I Am the Cheese
  • "I want to discuss my party affiliation with him," I said.
    Richard Wright  --  Black Boy
  • (editor's note:  The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
  • With this basis, the League is ready to go to work and encourage all brain-workers to affiliate.
    Sinclair Lewis  --  Arrowsmith
  • For it was not in the hospital but in an affiliated clinic that I had arranged for Sunny to take care of her difficulty.
    Chang-rae Lee  --  A Gesture Life
  • The longest-running and most systematic assault on fast food overseas has been waged by a pair of British activists affiliated with London Greenpeace.
    Eric Schlosser  --  Fast Food Nation
  • One year at a small affiliate near his hometown.
    J.D. Robb  --  Glory in Death
  • The most important result of our affiliation with Mecca was that it allowed Deepak, the Wandering Jew of surgery (as B.C. referred to him), to finish.
    Abraham Verghese  --  Cutting for Stone
  • (editor's note:  The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
  • Did she have some kind of affiliation with them?
    Gaby Rodriguez  --  The Pregnancy Project
  • (editor's note:  The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
  • They were all family men (several had five children or more), and were seriously affiliated with one or another of the local churches.
    Truman Capote  --  In Cold Blood
  • The unlikeliness of Harris's bombshell—she was a grandmother, no less, without PhD or academic affiliation—prompted both wonder and chagrin.
    Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner  --  Freakonomics
  • (editor's note:  The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
  • It's the blog affiliated with the Paradise Gazette.
    Pittacus Lore  --  I Am Number Four
  • I will become their daughter, though I never can bring myself to call them Mother and Father—our affiliation feels too formal for that.
    Christina Baker Kline  --  Orphan Train
  • (editor's note:  The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
  • But the men took it for political affiliation and offered him tea.
    Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin  --  Three Cups of Tea
  • (editor's note:  The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
  • Actually, I bet it's somehow affiliated with the Circle.
    Dave Eggers  --  The Circle
  • Only Werner's affiliation with Dr. Hauptmann—his privileged status as the favorite of the technical sciences professor—keeps him safe.
    Anthony Doerr  --  All the Light We Cannot See
  • (editor's note:  The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
  • Forgive me, but I don't recollect either your name or the Hungarian affiliation you speak for.
    Robert Ludlum  --  The Bourne Ultimatum
(editor's note:  The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

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