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  • adverb In a cooperative manner; working with others on a task as part of a team.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in close cooperation

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Examples

  • You’re not seriously suggesting that making appeals to individual people to drive cooperatively is less efficient than government regulation of traffic signals, are you?

    Matthew Yglesias » Vancouver Suffering From Snow Shortage 2010

  • Walcott, Wallace and Price "cooperatively" turned themselves in after warrants were obtained Tuesday, according to the police statement.

    Suspensions of three UVA football players related to fight at JMU Steve Yanda 2011

  • If co-ops could bargain with them collectively (make that "cooperatively"), they could demand substantial savings.

    RJ Eskow: Top Five Reasons the Baucus Bill Is Really, Really Bad 2009

  • While the fundamental risk remained Global Thermonuclear War prosecuted by one or both of the only nation-states capable of accomplishing such a civilization-threatening feat single-handedly or 'cooperatively', the contributing risks represented by escalation and alliances opened a larger number of paths from the status quo to the unthinkable outcome and some of those paths had distinctly lower thresholds standing between origin and outcome.

    The Speculist: Doomsday Clock Speculist Challenge 2007

  • Some have chosen to work "cooperatively," where unions have membership on quality councils and participate fully in planning, implementation, and evaluation of the entire effort.

    Npr Report On Quality Leadership And Management Part ITY National Archives 1994

  • Some have chosen to work "cooperatively," where unions have membership on quality councils and participate fully in planning, implementation, and evaluation of the entire effort.

    Npr Report Quality Leadership And Management Pt ITY National Archives 1994

  • The public works unions are also working "cooperatively" with the BPW,

    SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines 2009

  • "cooperatively" to solve international problems, moving away from the Bush strategy of irresponsible "unilateralism."

    Dandelion Salad 2009

  • In nearly all of his films, work—in particular direct, physical labor carried out cooperatively and for the community rather than for individual gain—is portrayed as noble, while the desire for material comforts and luxuries is shown as the source of corruption.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • In a music industry that is quickly changing, Honor Roll Music recognizes that torrent search engines such as Isohunt should not be vilified, but rather worked with cooperatively in order to reach millions of music fans eager to discover and download new music.

    Bands get behind isoHUNT 2009

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