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as in cane
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
hit the prisoner with a club if he tries anything funny
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as in clubhouse
the meeting place of an organization
the Elks gather at their club every Monday evening
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as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
an alumni club
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as in nightclub
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)
a weekly newspaper column devoted to current happenings on the local club scene
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as in to cooperate
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
clubbed together to share their love of model rockets
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
frustrated, the gardener clubbed the inoffensive weed into submission
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Recent Examples of club
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
From the perspective of Brussels, in contrast, seeing the only member state that had ever left the club come back cap in hand to request re-entry would be little short of a political triumph.
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Anand Menon,
Time,
13 June 2026
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
That advantage was in large part offset by payments from UEFA’s ‘value pillar’, a mechanism which awards clubs money based upon their coefficient ranking (determined by past performance in European competition) and the size of their nation’s broadcast rights deal for the competition.
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Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
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Noun
Their group headed to her favorite club in Koreatown.
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José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
From the perspective of Brussels, in contrast, seeing the only member state that had ever left the club come back cap in hand to request re-entry would be little short of a political triumph.
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Anand Menon,
Time,
13 June 2026
Verb
Tilley was a close friend of Bowery’s after meeting while out clubbing, and in 2025 wrote his biography.
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Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
That advantage was in large part offset by payments from UEFA’s ‘value pillar’, a mechanism which awards clubs money based upon their coefficient ranking (determined by past performance in European competition) and the size of their nation’s broadcast rights deal for the competition.
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Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for club
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Rick Valente, a patient who visits a third-floor doctor's office several times a month, said he has been forced to climb the stairs despite relying on a cane for stability.
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As for your cane, there’s a place for that at the door.
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Rafael Devers would speak after that in the clubhouse.
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Say as many as 30-50% of the clubhouse declines to wear their pride hats.
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The celebration will include fireworks, military bands, flyovers, tributes to the Armed Services, and a speech by the president that the organization said would commemorate the nation's 250th anniversary and chart a course for America's next chapter.
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Earlier this month three vessels from the China’s Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) a civilian law enforcement organization sailed through the Bashi Channel between the Philippines and Taiwan to begin law enforcement and mapping activities in waters east of Taiwan.
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As an aging Albanian nightclub owner, Crowe proves consistently delightful even when the material lets him down.
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That portion of the nightclub was subsequently closed.
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As a matter of practice, the district cooperates fully with any review conducted by the Office for Civil Rights.
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As part of his plea deal, Heuermann has also agreed to cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's behavioral analysis unit.
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Bring along a friend who wouldn’t be able to indulge in these kinds of finger-licking treats otherwise.
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The image of the students as vivisectors, committed to extracting the hearts and licking the bones of the transgressors in their midst, seems to mirror her own hatred of the university’s tendency toward frenzied analysis.
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Alite provided loans at exorbitant rates before threatening violence to collect on them, authorities said, citing the discovery in his home of metal knuckles, an expandable baton, six baseball bats and about two dozen knives, including switchblades.
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Officers can use voice commands, and if those don’t work options include pepper spray, a baton, a TASER or fire extinguisher, though some are more difficult to use on a fast-moving animal, the directive says.
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The lodge sits in the northern section of Mkambati Nature Reserve, where a private concession was designed to generate conservation funding, community benefits and local jobs.
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For more casual fare with equally fantastic ocean views, stop at Nepenthe, which serves sandwiches and salads in a rustic lodge dating back to the 1940s.
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“Club.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/club. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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