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posse

noun

ˈpä-sē How to pronounce posse (audio)
Definition of possenext
as in entourage
a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person a popular teen and his ever-present posse of pals

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Recent Examples of posse There’s a dining room to seat 16, if that’s the size of your posse. — Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The fact that there isn’t any adult supervision in the form of a driver has led to plenty of debaucherous behavior, from incessant smoking and adult activities to posses of teens hanging out of the windows of moving Waymos. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 8 July 2026 Gardner thanked her New York glam posse in a post on Saturday. — Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026 There are custom T-shirts, multifarious fan art, an online forum and a dedicated posse keeping constant watch. — Ryan Steven Green, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for posse
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entourage
Noun
  • Brunson plays a rapper justifying paying everyone in his entourage to his accountant (Padilla).
    — Rima Parikh, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Reuters had reported that Xi was expected to bring along his own crew of CEOs, but that entourage did not materialize.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of entourage

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“Posse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posse. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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