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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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But the news organizations pushed back against those summons, and the Justice Department withdrew them.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
For federal elections, the Federal Election Commission is the government agency, but for race handicapping and battleground forecasts, election tracking resources and news organizations provide race-by-race projections.

— Rakesh Agrawal, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of organizations

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Cornell has more than 20 active fraternities affiliated with its Interfraternity Council.

— Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
The Ivy League college where fraternities throw parties in towering mansions and students weave between deep gorges on their way to class is being rocked over the handling of rape allegations from 2024.

— Grey Battle, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of fraternities

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And while Haiti has committed to a handover protocol for child gang members, getting the public to accept reintegration of anyone with gang associations is likely to be challenging.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
The European Composer and Songwriter Alliance helps fill that gap, uniting national associations to lobby policymakers and guide young composers through contracts and negotiations.

— Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of associations

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Their linebacker corps got decimated in pass coverage against the Cincinnati Bengals.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
While there was plenty of preseason hype around a fairly young receiving corps, Madsen has mostly stuck to the small group of Jones, Wagner, Ford, and senior wideout Akeem Wright this season.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of corps

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Despite the efforts to redress the problem, South Africa remains one of the world’s most unequal societies.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The best crime thrillers consider the way violence, an endemic feature of human societies, can spiral out of hand.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of societies

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A lot of guys have been doing it a long time, and a lot of people have hard professions, and everybody does.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Sallie Mae Student Loan Loan types Undergraduate, graduate, Master's, PhD, MBA, law school, medical school, health professions, dental school, medical and dental residency loans, bar study loans.

— Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of professions

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Research expenditure at higher education institutions rose 11%, to approximately $48 billion.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Coming in 2030 will be a proud fusion of iconic Kansas City brands and institutions, enabled by a partnership with Hallmark that starts with razing its headquarters to accommodate the stadium district footprint.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of institutions

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The company’s facilities include kindergartens, schools and technical training institutes, with more on the way.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
Zhou Bowen, the director and chief scientist at Shanghai AI Lab, one of the country’s leading AI research institutes, has similarly argued that AI models need robotics to understand the physical world.

— Scott Singer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026

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