as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
a college of craftsmen dedicated to preserving the traditional crafts of Appalachia
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Recent Examples of college
An ongoing investigation into game-fixing in college basketball has ensnared six more athletes from three additional schools.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Think college students who are monogamous during the school year, but date others when home for the holidays.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Late in the second episode of NBC’s college cheerleading mockumentary, Stumble, elite coach Courteney (Jenn Lyon) addresses her squad.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Originally, civic organizations selected participants who represented their respective Midwestern cities and colleges.
—Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Think college students who are monogamous during the school year, but date others when home for the holidays.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Late in the second episode of NBC’s college cheerleading mockumentary, Stumble, elite coach Courteney (Jenn Lyon) addresses her squad.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Originally, civic organizations selected participants who represented their respective Midwestern cities and colleges.
—Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for college
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Thank you Dodger Nation, Blue Jays organization and all baseball fans for your love and support.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Having led a multimillion-dollar organization and mentored thousands of women nationwide, Martine now specializes in guiding high-achieving women to stop over-functioning, reclaim their energy, and lead with clarity and confidence.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Biden was even less enthusiastic about reviving international economic institutions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Top banks from Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and South Africa are among the newly arrived or expanding institutions over the past 18 months as their leaders eye a market that still produces higher than average banking profits.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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LaFee is vice president of communications for the Sanford Burnham Prebys research institute.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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But due to a lack of funding, the district said the partnership with the institute has ended and those racial equity trainings are no longer offered.—
Amelia Pak-Harvey,
IndyStar,
31 Oct. 2025
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Yousef Erakat, who portrays fraternity brother Jonathan, has kept his love life private.—
Ariana Quihuiz,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Rutgers previously reported the fraternity had been issued a cease-and-desist order and placed on disciplinary probation in connection with the incident.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Safer and more efficient batteries For society, such advances mean safer and more efficient batteries that accelerate the transition to clean energy.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Any novel about a train is a study of society and its ineradicable divisions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The controllers’ union and Airlines for America (A4A), the commercial airlines’ trade association, declined to directly address the question of privatization when asked on Friday.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Drew Maloney, the CEO of the Edison Electric Institute, a trade association of for-profit electric utilities, suggested that only some states are the drivers of higher average electric bills.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Macron additionally outlined a plan to move the Mona Lisa to its own underground chamber, which museumgoers would pay a separate fee to visit.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
7 Nov. 2025
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Directed by Tiago Rosa-Rosso, the film stages a gently absurd domestic scenario that drifts between comedy and unease, unfoldig like a theatrical chamber piece where logic slips and all is up for questioning.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Marshawn will forever be a part of the Bronco brotherhood.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Elsewhere, an unexpected power shift darkens the brotherhood bond between Phil (Adrian Holmes) and Geoffrey (Jimmy Akingbola), whose loyalties to the Banks family are tested.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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“College.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/college. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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