The phrase "associates showed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the actions or findings of associates in a professional or research context.
Example: "The associates showed significant improvement in their performance after the training program."
Alternatives: "team members demonstrated" or "colleagues revealed".
A survey released last year by Hewitt Associates showed that 80.5percentt of 401(k) participants didn't make any changes in their investment allocations in 2001.
A private-equity index compiled by Cambridge Associates showed an annual return in emerging markets of about 23% over the three years to June 30th.
The rise to power of the latter's favourite consort, Kokī Jio, and her relations and associates showed that a position at the Mughal court no longer depended on administrative ability, office, or military achievements.
In Texas, where a poll conducted last month by Blum & Weprin Associates showed support for the Arizona law, especially among Republicans, Gov. Rick Perry, a conservative Republican, has said that such legislation would be inappropriate for Texas.
J. D. Lee, general manager of South Florida Crop Care, at Belle Glade Municipal Airport, told the authorities that at least one of the suspected terrorists and his associates showed up at the business in a private plane or in minivans from February to August.
Conkling and his associates showed their contempt for Hayes by bringing about the election of one of the men (Alonzo B. Cornell) as governor of New York in 1879 and by nominating the other (Chester A. Arthur) as Republican candidate for the vice presidency in 1880.
Early paintings by Chagall and his Cubist associates show us that he had the potential to become a much more exciting artist.
Mr Ryan says that the sentencing of several of Ms Karimova's associates shows that the Uzbek legal system is unlikely to deliver justice.
Documents filed in court by Oswaldo Cisneros' lawyers and associates show that the Venezuelan businessman invested around $117 million in the Illarramendi offshore funds.
Private messages between group leaders, members and associates show an effort to keep their violent intentions secret, according to an FBI affidavit attached to the complaint.
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