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
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.
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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
History suggests that the proficient cruelty of such regimes is unable to compensate for the stupidity and incompetence of their cadres.
—Elizabeth Tsurkov, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 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
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
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
History suggests that the proficient cruelty of such regimes is unable to compensate for the stupidity and incompetence of their cadres.
—Elizabeth Tsurkov, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cadres
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Two smaller structures rise to six floors each, alongside the 20-story main tower.—
Adam Williams
May 09,
New Atlas,
9 May 2026
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The team also demonstrated that the device could identify hidden structures beneath soft materials, including tumor-like objects embedded in tissue models.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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The financing and regulatory frameworks had to be built from scratch.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The cycle that isn’t The idea that economies expand and contract in predictable waves is one of the most durable frameworks in economics.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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Counter–uncrewed aerial system (CUAS) technologies have become critical components of modern air defense architectures.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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Depending on the use case, that information may include security architectures, cryptographic implementations, authentication and access-control logic, vulnerability remediation code, trade secrets, and other proprietary business logic.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2026
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Like Ophelia’s Got Talent, SANCTA pushes the limits of the infrastructures that support performance art.—
Caroline Lillian Schopp,
Artforum,
13 May 2026
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Sometimes, the urgency of providing healthy food eclipses the equally important need to build new infrastructures such that one day, food inequalities will no longer exist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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These are all scenarios that appear in a new painting by Ikezoe that features an array of naked figures (and some skeletons) who are roped into a dairy-centric system that happens to involve a pit of fire and a large mural.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
11 May 2026
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The skeletons, often presented in glass coffin-like cabinets, are also a familiar sight in churches in neighboring Austria, Switzerland, Czechia, and in Italy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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