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 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 Ma said he was sent to Xinjiang to learn how officials were treating the Muslim population there, alongside cadres from other provinces. Rebecca Wright, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 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 Xi and his cadres see high-end chips, quantum computing, robotics and AI as critical to powering economic growth and upgrading Chinese manufacturing. Simone McCarthy, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
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  • Donations can help raise awareness of historic structures and places across Colorado, structures similar to the Cherry Creek Arch Bridge.
    Karen Leigh, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • As more financing moves into customized private structures, investors and regulators will need to watch for opacity, concentration, and the temptation to confuse financial engineering with genuine economic productivity.
    Jim Zelter, Fortune, 31 July 2026
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  • This expertise should be cited and elevated within medical, public health, and policy frameworks for holistic approaches to HIV/AIDS care, not as a replacement of sustained infrastructure.
    Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • For example, the European Union’s Digital Services Act and the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act establish regulatory frameworks for penalizing platforms that fail to address risks to minors.
    Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
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  • Real resilience requires multiple independent paths for critical missions, utilizing diverse government, commercial, and allied capabilities across various architectures and supply chains.
    Charles Beames, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The project seemingly changed architectures at one point, progressing from fully electric to the same platform as the new X5, adding the option of a plug-in hybrid powertrain.
    Adam Ismail, The Drive, 29 July 2026
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  • Winners are extending existing platforms, products, research bases, and infrastructures while leveraging new open-source tools, capabilities, models, and datasets that can serve as public goods for the broader field.
    Ulrich Boser, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, the new 1,100 MW nuclear plants will provide the constant baseline current and frequency regulation that heavy technology infrastructures require at all times.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
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  • While many items in the Spellbound line go for a dark and spooky aesthetic, there are several coquette items to choose from, too—like iridescent glass pumpkins or light pink skeletons.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2026
  • By early October, skeletons begin appearing on front porches, ghost hunters gather downtown, and visitors come to see how a small Kentucky town became an unlikely destination for fans of the supernatural.
    Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026

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“Cadres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadres. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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