as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form claims that the problem will never be solved within the existing cadre of the state bureaucracy

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Recent Examples of cadre The streams from his time in San Francisco, Oakland, and the nation’s capital did indeed feature some of the more frenzied throngs of people screaming his name and reaching out to touch him, held back only by a cadre of burly bodyguards. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2025 Ukraine’s model of unit-level drone academies, standardized syllabi for FPV, ISR, and loitering units, and a pipeline of instructor cadres can be adapted to Taiwan’s reserve structure and mobilization pathways. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025 In recent weeks the new design has been spotted on a cadre of house ambassadors that includes Blackpink‘s Jennie Kim, American singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams, Kristen Stewart and Marion Cotillard. Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025 By the end of the finale, Neverland Island has become the home base for a cadre of nonhumans who could very well take over the world. Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cadre
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Noun
  • Real Madrid are stepping up plans towards a radical change in their ownership structure — one that would allow external investors to purchase stakes in the club for the very first time.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That all larger structures and processes that occur between those structures, including all chemical reactions, don’t require anything more than those fundamental laws and constituents.
    Big Think, Big Think, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • Develop a collaborative group presentation that proposes alternative language and frameworks for understanding historical illness.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
  • After painstaking efforts, Witkoff and Kushner emerged with the framework of an accord that promises, at least for now, to quiet one of the world's most destabilizing conflicts.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
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  • This is also a great time to marvel at other examples of the city’s architecture, like the Catedral de Mallorca, a cathedral towering over the city skyline and the Llotja de Palma, a 15th-century Gothic guildhall that frequently hosts art exhibitions.
    Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The La Jolla Historical Society’s Jewel Awards are continuing to evolve with new ways to recognize the different local efforts to retain historic architecture and sites.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Cadre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadre. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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