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 Some restrictions on cadres are not outright bans, and many have learned to read between the lines and regulate their own behavior to avoid trouble. Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 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 The pace of killings slackened, with cadres told to reeducate rather than exterminate those who’d strayed. Matthew Campbell, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026 The system, which fuses data from smartphones, security and traffic cameras, Wi-Fi signals, drones, government databases and social media, has granted Israel what seems an almost omniscient ability to track Hezbollah cadres’ every movement. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026 Ukraine’s model of unit-level drone academies, standardized syllabi for FPV, ISR, and loitering units, and a pipeline of instructor cadres can be adapted to Taiwan’s reserve structure and mobilization pathways. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025 The attacks on mainstream political parties also prompted introspection among some cadres. Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025 McDonald brought two cadres of students to work on two more squares created by El Camino students. Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Modern airborne geophysical surveys can map subsurface structures that older methods could not detect.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • A lot of the objects that were made out of Secondary have to do with structures that are enacted by the body, like a power rack, for example.
    Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • But Abdelkader argues that all lawmakers across the country should build on existing frameworks rather than waiting for a cyber incident to expose a weakness.
    Joshua Hong, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Many organizations still use governance frameworks based on audits, reviews, policies and reporting that look at past compliance efforts.
    Ramachander Rao Thallada, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • These algorithms rely on geometric complexities that are equally intractable for both classical and quantum architectures.
    Adi Karisik, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The research will focus on critical memory technologies, advanced memory and computing architectures, chip packaging and future semiconductor manufacturing.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The report also noted that TikTok Shop’s momentum illustrates a mechanism of migration—Eastern platforms exporting not just formats, but whole infrastructures for commerce and personalization as well as audience capture.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The shells and skeletons of the organisms were ground up by the ocean waves into a white sand and compacted over time, forming a distinctively smooth and homogenous stone.
    Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This branch of civil engineering applies the laws of physics and mathematics to design the skeletons of artificial structures.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Cadres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadres. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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