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01. Our university is now [affiliated] with a number of post-secondary institutions overseas.
02. In 1971, Canada had 68 universities, 16 of which were [affiliated] with another Canadian university.
03. A recent study suggests that people with formal religious [affiliation] are more anxious than others.
04. [Affiliation] with religious groups has been widespread in this country since its founding.
05. Many of the country's labor unions are [affiliated] with the left-wing political party.
06. A study of those who claimed they had no religion found that one third had relinquished their [unaffiliated] status within ten years.
07. A study of people who were formerly non-religious but later [reaffiliated] found that is was done out of the need for rites of passage for events such as marriage, baptism of children, or death.
08. We support this charitable organization because it is not [affiliated] with any religious group.
09. The Esso gas stations in Canada are simply foreign [affiliates] of the Exxon Corporation.
10. Matt has been signed as an [affiliate] to a hockey team here in the city but has only played a couple of games as of yet.
11. Our Seattle company has [affiliates] in Denver, Chicago and Los Angeles.
12. This charity is an entirely non-profit, voluntary organization and is not [affiliated] with any government agency or business enterprise.
13. I don't want to be [affiliated] with that group in any way. I totally disagree with their entire way of doing things.
14. Paul Fussell once stated, "Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university [affiliations] in the rear window of their automobiles."
15. He told her their families had a loose business [affiliation]. It was true enough; they were both Mafia.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • affiliate — af·fil·i·ate 1 /ə fi lē ˌāt/ vb at·ed, at·ing vt 1: to bring or receive into close association as a member or division 2: to join or associate as a member or division vi: to connect or associate oneself usu. used with with has jus …   Law dictionary

  • Affiliate — Af*fil i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affiliated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Affiliating}.] [LL. adfiliare, affiliare, to adopt as son; ad + filius son: cf. F. affilier.] 1. To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Affiliate — Af*fil i*ate, v. i. To connect or associate one s self; followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • affiliate — Under Title 11 U.S.C. Section 101: (2) The term affiliate means (A) entity that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, 20 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than an entity that… …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • Affiliate —   [dt. »Geschäftspartner«], in der Werbung im Internet Bezeichnung für Website Besitzer, die gegen Bezahlung Links auf den Webauftritt eines Unternehmens in die eigene Homepage integrieren. Besonders E Commerce Firmen wie amazon.de betreiben… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • affiliate — [n] organization that is associated with another affil*, associate, branch, offshoot, partner, sibling; concept 381 affiliate [v] associate or be associated with a larger organization ally, amalgamate, annex, associate, band together, combine,… …   New thesaurus

  • Affiliate — (Partner ) Programme bieten Firmen die Möglichkeit, Partner eines großen Internetanbieters (beispielsweise amazon.com) zu werden und dessen Produkte auf der eigenen Website anzubieten und zu verkaufen. Für jeden erfolgreichen Verkauf erhält der… …   Online-Wörterbuch Deutsch-Lexikon

  • affiliate — ► VERB ▪ officially attach or connect to an organization. ► NOUN ▪ an affiliated person or organization. DERIVATIVES affiliation noun affiliative adjective. ORIGIN Latin affiliare adopt as a son …   English terms dictionary

  • affiliate — [ə fil′ē āt΄; ] for n., usually [, ə fil′ēit] vt. affiliated, affiliating [< ML affiliatus, pp. of affiliare, to adopt as a son < L ad , to + filius, son] 1. to take in as a member or branch 2. to connect or associate (oneself) with an… …   English World dictionary

  • affiliate — A business organization that shares some aspect of common ownership or control with another business organization. American Banker Glossary Relationship between two companies when one company owns substantial interest, but less than a majority of …   Financial and business terms

  • affiliate — {{11}}affiliate (adj.) 1858, from AFFILIATE (Cf. affiliate) (v.). {{12}}affiliate (n.) 1846, from AFFILIATE (Cf. affiliate) (v.). {{12}}affiliate (v.) 1761, from L. affiliatus, pp. of affiliare to adopt (see AFFILIATION (Cf. affiliation)).… …   Etymology dictionary

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