Thesaurus results for CHAPTERS

chapters

noun

plural of chapter

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a local unit of an organization our chapter was well represented at the Jaycees' national convention

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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 Ascending the museum’s spiral from the ground floor, the unnamed agent’s recollections unfold in forty-two chronological chapters illustrated with photographic, video, and sculptural installations. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026 Rubin, who directs JAŸ-Z in 8, guides Jay through a playlist of songs tied to some of his life’s most painful chapters. — John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Tanter narrated chapters of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, LeBron James and now Luka Doncic. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 Speaking at a board meeting on Tuesday, board member Rebecca Thompson said savings from closures can materialize in stronger Parent Teacher Association school chapters, more clubs, and smaller class sizes. — Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026 Becoming one shows up in concrete ways, like transparently letting your hardest chapters inform your judgment, when relevant, instead of setting that experience aside. — Nicole Dubois, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Nocturne’s first pieces are available now, with additional chapters arriving throughout the fall. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026 Many have described him as deeply insecure, haunted by fears of abandonment that trace back to the earliest chapters of his life. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 Spanning 16 hours in 16 chapters, Mark covers the sweeping history of documentary, from its late 19th-century origins to today. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

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At the time, federal officials said the company and its affiliates had more than 300 people working for them.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Reciprocals farm out their operations to agents-in-fact (AIF) and other affiliates.

— Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of affiliates

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In this case, that’s made easier by the wealth of Kraft and the other venue owners who did not want Macklemore on their stages, along with populist anger at billionaires.

— Kenneth L. Marcus, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
Review is just one of the stages where speed gains get canceled out.

— Illia Smoliienko, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of stages

Noun

By dividing the nervous system up early, cells inherit a developmental history that allows a limited number of signals to trigger a great deal of complexity.

— JOHN TIMMER, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
The duo is juiced by a 113 kWh battery comprising 192 lithium-ion cells.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026

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The complication shows the moon phases for both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, with a 135-tooth driving wheel that drastically enhances accuracy, deviating by just one day every 122 years.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2026
According to the company, the five-minute flight allowed an initial evaluation of handling qualities, aerodynamic characteristics, and system performance, gathering data to guide the next testing phases.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of phases

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Most of those steps have been blocked by various courts, in part because the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to set election rules, but provides no such power to the president.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
The fact that its AI agents have once again managed to break out of a sandbox suggests that the steps OpenAI has taken to improve security after the Hugging Face attack are insufficient.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of steps

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These—which would soon earn its authors comparisons to Adolf Hitler, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Spanish Inquisition, and which would be called the Jurenberg Laws, reminiscent of the Nuremberg Laws—included seven points.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Republicans lead Democrats on border security and crime by over 20 percentage points, but are significantly less popular on data centers and healthcare — Democrats score 12 points higher than Republicans on the former and over 20 on the latter.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of points

Noun

Adrià describes a world filtered through adolescence, where people, places and situations can appear idealized, magical or unsettling.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
Even as the list has now slimmed down to six titles, the breadth of the places plotted out on the short list remains capacious as ever.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026

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