chapters

Definition of chaptersnext
plural of chapter
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as in affiliates
a local unit of an organization our chapter was well represented at the Jaycees' national convention

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as in stages
an individual part of a process, series, or ranking a horror movie that marks a new chapter in vicarious sadism

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Recent Examples of chapters The book is divided into six chapters and makes a perfect keepsake to pass down to future generations. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026 With nearly 90 chapters, it's been described by watchdogs as one of the country's fastest growing white supremacist networks, that are antisemitic, anti-immigrant, and anti-democracy. Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 3 May 2026 In nine short, potent chapters, Beckerman lays out the essential traits of an effective dissident — loyalty, recklessness and watchfulness, among them — to illustrate how communities of resistance are built from the ground up. Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026 In any case, this new film can be watched without having seen any of the previous chapters, though that’s mostly because the plot is cookie-cutter generic. Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 1 May 2026 The two chapters on machine realism, for instance, reference his and Kate Crawford’s viral 2019 project ImageNet Roulette, which invited users to upload images of themselves that ImageNet would then label. Louis Bury, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026 So concluded one of the finest chapters in our history, as the United States saved Western Europe from a diabolical tyranny. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026 The nonprofit is roughly 7,000 members strong and has chapters across 38 states. Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026 In the following chapters of Quand j’étais photographe, Nadar plays on the rhetorical and material slipperiness of invention to craft a curious portrait of photography’s first fifty-odd years. Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
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Noun
  • All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, or its parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.
    Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 8 May 2026
  • Wednesday’s debate, hosted by Los Angeles NBC and Telemundo affiliates, initially seemed like a far calmer antidote to a combative CNN forum Tuesday night.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
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  • Every new face who shows up to the Broncos’ rookie minicamp has their own approach to pre-draft conditioning, leaving them in various stages of physical readiness for a three-day intensive weekend of football.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 10 May 2026
  • In Boston, declining enrollment in public schools has prompted difficult conversations about school consolidation because fewer children are entering the pipeline at the earliest stages.
    Tina Dello Russo, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
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  • As part of the presentation, BYD also staged a high-stress safety demonstration in which four battery cells were deliberately short-circuited.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
  • But in the wings, some cells remained with their metal doors.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
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  • Final plans for the second and third phases would need to be approved by the city before they could be built, city staff said at the committee meeting in late April.
    R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • The transition was initially supposed to happen in phases.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • These steps will help match you with a child or sibling group that your family will fit well with.
    MARE Staff, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
  • Burke can be seen walking quickly behind Falzone, then shoving him down the steps, according to police.
    Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 9 May 2026
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  • All of this has increased the candidate’s profile significantly; a recent poll commissioned by Bores had him within a few points of Schlossberg.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
  • Northside Christian was runner-up with 53 points while Pahokee was eighth with 26 points.
    Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • These tiny pots can be found on plants, rocks, pieces of wood and other places.
    Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • Other cruise lines are altering itineraries to route around places affected by the temporary prohibition.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026

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