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coerce [kəʊˈɜːs] VB trans

▶ coercion [kəʊˈɜːʃən] N
▶ coercive [kəʊˈɜːsıv] ADJ

cohere [kəʊˈhıə] VB intr

2. cohere:

▶ coherence [kəʊˈhıərəns] N
▶ coherent [kəʊ­ˈhıə­rənt] ADJ
▶ coherently ADV

cottage [ˈkɒtıdʒ] N

eerie, eery [ˈıərı] ADJ

▶ eerily ADJ
▶ eeriness N

calorie [ˈkælərı] N

courier [ˈkʊrıə] N

cookie, cooky [ˈkʊkı] N

sterile [ˈsteraıl] ADJ

3. sterile:

▶ sterilely ADV
▶ sterility [stəˈrılətı] N

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The new committee worked to cover the club's $18,000 debt by seeking new sponsors and attempting to form a coterie group.
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The album harnessed the talents of an illustrious coterie of producers and vocalists.
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A coterie often consists of an adult male, three or four adult females, several non-breeding yearlings and this year's offspring.
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In his later years, he enjoyed keeping company with a coterie of devoted lady friends.
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In the meanwhile there was a coterie of people surrounding him who were conspiring against him.
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The recording turned him into a cultural icon among a coterie of prominent young musicians, who imitated his style of blues.
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Mortality increases with dispersal from a colony or coterie.
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Females generally remain in their natal coterie territories for their lifetimes.
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Individuals within coteries are friendly with each other, but hostile towards outsiders.
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The burrows do not interconnect but are excavated and occupied by territorial family groups known as coteries.
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