The phrase "associate groups" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to groups that are connected or affiliated with one another in some way, often in a professional or organizational context.
Example: "The conference will feature several associate groups that collaborate on research and development projects."
Alternatives: "affiliated groups" or "partner organizations".
The computer had to identify concepts and associate groups of words with them.
Efforts to associate groups of states for specific defense and trade functions, especially after World War II, created wider unitary associations but with fundamental east-west differences.
"It is our contention that Global Relief Foundation and Benevolence International Foundation are both linked financially with funneling funds to Al Qaeda and other associate groups," said Tasia Scolinos, a spokeswoman for the Treasury Department.
Her parents work at the Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Mass., part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where her father is the associate group leader of the optical systems engineering division.
Randie Dalia, associate group publisher at the Palm Beach Media Group, West Palm Beach, Fla., was named publisher of Palm Beach Illustrated.
A real problem, going forward, is the one identified by Black Lives Matter and associated groups: police violence.
We believe it's the violent extremists that are behind that, led of course by Al Qaeda and associated groups".
He said that Al Qaeda and associated groups in the Afghan-Pakistani border region continued to "strengthen their operational capabilities in order to carry forward attacks".
Under the policy, drone targets are narrowly defined as active members of al-Qaeda and associated groups overseas who pose an imminent threat to U.S. citizens.
The 2001 AUMF authorized military operations against al-Qaeda, the Taliban and associated groups, while the 2002 AUMF let the military go into Iraq.
Spain has now arrested and jailed 16 Islamist radicals since the September 11 attacks - suggesting that it had become a major base for al-Qaida and associated groups.
