cooperative
adjective
working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
cooperatives
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pluralof cooperative.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Germany typically ranks in Europe’s least profitable markets for banking because so much of the country’s savings and lending is done at rock-bottom rates through institutions owned by municipalities and cooperatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Smallholders run up debts with cooperatives and sellers of crop protection products to try to improve production" and this worsens the cycle of poverty, he added.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Besides sourcing its beans from northern farmers and farming cooperatives, Bucher and his chocolate makers do the same for the ingredients blended into the bars.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2025
Until 1995, the government controlled the amount of rice farmers produced by working closely with agricultural cooperatives.
From BBC ● May 21, 2025
Cheese was everywhere, cheese centers, cheese cooperatives, cheese stores and stands, perhaps even cheese ice cream.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
