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
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.
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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
The Russian army, having shown itself moderately adaptable to modern warfare, will nonetheless be gutted of equipment, bereft of its best cadres, and reliant on foreign suppliers.
—Jeremy Shapiro, The Atlantic, 10 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
Communist Party cadres waved Chinese flags, People’s Liberation Army soldiers marched with rifles, and Tibetans in colorful robes performed traditional dances at a ceremony marking 60 years since the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 21 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
In the audience were cadres of men wearing clothing expressing support for veterans or service in the military, but also protesters who momentarily disrupted proceedings but were removed from the room.
—Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
In the audience were cadres of men wearing clothing expressing support for veterans or service in the military, but also protesters who momentarily disrupted proceedings and were removed from the room.
—Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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
The Russian army, having shown itself moderately adaptable to modern warfare, will nonetheless be gutted of equipment, bereft of its best cadres, and reliant on foreign suppliers.
—Jeremy Shapiro, The Atlantic, 10 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
Communist Party cadres waved Chinese flags, People’s Liberation Army soldiers marched with rifles, and Tibetans in colorful robes performed traditional dances at a ceremony marking 60 years since the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 21 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
In the audience were cadres of men wearing clothing expressing support for veterans or service in the military, but also protesters who momentarily disrupted proceedings but were removed from the room.
—Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
In the audience were cadres of men wearing clothing expressing support for veterans or service in the military, but also protesters who momentarily disrupted proceedings and were removed from the room.
—Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cadres
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In all, more than 8,000 California wildfires blackened 525,223 acres, killed 31 people and burned 16,512 structures in the past year, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Palisades fire killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,000 structures, becoming the third-most destructive fire in state history.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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At the core of this approach is a carbon shell derived from covalent organic frameworks (COFs).—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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But ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Darren Woods said there would need to be significant changes in the country’s legal and commercial frameworks in order to produce oil there.—
Ray Lewis,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Jan. 2026
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Tensor said the Robocar can charge from 20 to 80 percent in around 10 minutes at an average power of roughly 400 kW and supports both 500V and 750V architectures.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Tesla, Rivian and several Chinese companies have zonal electrical architectures on the road.—
Breana Noble,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Hu Nguyen though believes the city also needs to invest in infrastructures such as putting in more speed bumps and other traffic calming devices such as speed tables.—
Andrea Nakano,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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HostColor states that its VDS plans are designed to support compatibility with major hyperscale cloud infrastructures, including AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.—
Nia Bowers,
Miami Herald,
5 Jan. 2026
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Cue the Mayhem Ball, the pop star’s eighth concert tour, where Lady Gaga rises from a sand pit populated with skeletons, scales up a dress the size of a multi-story apartment building, and unravels the longest gown train a bride could ever dream of.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 Jan. 2026
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The entire archipelago was built from the stuff, whether deposited from ocean sediments or from coral skeletons.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Cadres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadres. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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