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 Ri’s son attended some of the country’s finest educational institutions, including Kumsong Academy and Pyongyang Foreign Language Institute, which prepare the children of senior cadres to enter high positions in the party. — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026 But his focus has expanded to cracking down on underperforming cadres too. — Kanis Leung, Arkansas Online, 27 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
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Noun
  • These synthetic structures abandon uniform grids for messy, sprawling physical networks modeled after leaf vasculature, neural connections, and even the internet.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • But the collision illustrated the additional clearance hazards created by operating these enormous structures in busy ports.
    — Harry T Angell, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • National governments will already be looking at their aviation authority regulations and frameworks and there will be discussions at the European and global level, John Edwards, senior consultant at Gates Aviation in London, said by phone.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The experience of the past eight months suggests that resilience has been earned, through adjustment, stronger policy frameworks, and buffers built before the conflict.
    — Jihad Azour, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The playbook concedes that compared to other industries with similar general architectures, the clothing and textile manufacturing sector faces a number of challenges that can slow the adoption of digital processes.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Finally, those amazing five-minute megawatt fills only work on vehicles engineered with 1,000-volt architectures and second-generation Blade packs; plugging an older EV into a Flash Charger won't magically turn it into a pit-stop racer.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Industrial modernity produced buildings at unprecedented speed while also accelerating the rate at which the technologies, industries, and infrastructures that gave them purpose became obsolete.
    — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Unlike humans and other animals with rigid skeletons, octopuses have extremely flexible bodies built around what scientists call a muscular hydrostat, a system of muscles that provides both support and movement without bones.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The play, about a prominent Black Chicago family headed by a civil rights icon with skeletons in his closet, has the scope, heft and flamboyant idiosyncrasy of the landmark American domestic dramas of the past.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

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“Cadres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadres. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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