Thesaurus results for BROTHERHOODS

brotherhoods

noun

plural of brotherhood

as in organizations

a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest they're a brotherhood of retired war veterans

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the body of people in a profession or field of activity a family that has been part of the brotherhood of police officers for four generations

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Recent Examples of brotherhoods The most recognizable are Semana Santa, or Holy Week, processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026 The most recognizable are Holy Week processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands. — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026 Over this week, 61 Catholic brotherhoods snake through the city along the official parade route to Seville's Gothic cathedral and then back to their home churches. — Alexis Marshall, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026 Those meaningful bonds, or brotherhoods, are constantly at risk of being curtailed. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Ahmed doesn’t merely document the decisions that led President Biden and his aides to arm and rationalize what leading human rights organizations and legal scholars now consider a genocide.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
For now, the Zorelit v5 is available to military organizations through direct contracts with Vluchnyk.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of organizations

Noun

Runner’s World reported that fraternities, sororities, bars and other organizations are already reaching out about hosting their own.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
Instead of traditional television advertising, the campaign will convene local civic groups and houses of worship, as well as fraternities and sororities.

— Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of fraternities

Noun

The associations between his words and Simon’s work are wide-ranging and jump through time.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
Late Wednesday, a group of business associations, including the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Haiti, issued a joint press release calling for more effort in organization and stressed the need for credibility and transparency in the process.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of associations

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The Rams boast an imposing receiving corps led by Nacua and Davante Adams, with reigning MVP quarterback Matthew Stafford throwing them the ball.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
More than half of the officers removed have been women or Black in an officer corps that is 79% male and 74% white.

— Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of corps

Noun

The Michigan Democrat's bill would apply to people in professions including construction, nursing and manufacturing, though the Social Security Administration would need to update the list of qualifying roles every three years.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
As his college chums settled into respectable professions, Hawthorne shrank from the grim prospect of free enterprise.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of professions

Noun

Lula, meanwhile, has argued for a more prominent role of the federal government in the fight against organized crime as well as greater coordination between governmental institutions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Harvard and its peers are tax-exempt charitable institutions.

— Jayson Weingarten, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of institutions

Noun

Rival Samsung Electronics collaborates with institutes such as Yonsei University, the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, as well as the Ulsan Institute of Science and Technology.

— Lim Hui Jie,Miko Jang, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Countries typically built these large-scale computers at their national institutes to make scientific breakthroughs and attain economic leadership, while also deploying them for national security measures.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

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