cadres

plural of cadre
as in structures
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 cadres Unsurprisingly, Chinese researchers have predicted that the main urban pension fund covering some 500 million urban workers, retirees, and cadres will be exhausted by the mid-2030s. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 Observers will watch closely for whether a younger generation of cadres will get promoted into key positions of power, especially the party’s politburo and its standing committee, the equivalent of Xi’s inner circle. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 In Payá’s plan, party cadres would continue their duties, just like ministers and state employees, who would answer to transition commissions. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 Its former cadres scattered to new parties formed after the 1982 constitution was promulgated. — Nick Taborall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026 Other provinces and cities have only a few dozen minister-level cadres. — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 Yet, in America hard core cadres of extreme, violence-friendly leftists, who are communists in all but name, are poised to gain control of the Democratic Party. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 His new appointees will likely face the same resistance from the older cadres in the general staff. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
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Noun
  • For the regional stage, meaning the cancer has spread to nearby structures or lymph nodes, the 5-year relative survival rate is 40%.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Vibrations merge into rhythm The experimental material combines elastic structures, sensors, electronics and actuators.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • What if, by anticipating the regulatory frameworks by a few years, companies could also unlock more business-minded features?
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Human employees operate within legal, ethical and organizational accountability frameworks.
    — Kazuhiro Gomi, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Open systems support integration The collaboration relies on open-system architectures that allow different technologies to work together.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Design architectures that can introduce emerging compute resources without rebuilding the enterprise around them.
    — Rajjie Sarmey, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In their effort to recall a variety of pieces and themes while foregrounding the public infrastructures that enabled their exhibition, Armani and Siegel demur from much evaluation.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The city of about 250,000 people has been rattled by a series of drone strikes that hit oil and power infrastructures.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Leaning into its history, Kessler has outfitted the hotel with installations that channel the Jurassic period, including life size dinosaur skeletons and fossils, backlit in a range of bright colors, displayed throughout the walls.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Steloken is based on what Bennett’s daughter calls skeletons, while Circulation refers to the meditative sensation of feeling your blood flow.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Cadres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadres. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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