Thesaurus results for COLLEGES

colleges

noun

plural of college

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a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest a college of craftsmen dedicated to preserving the traditional crafts of Appalachia

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Recent Examples of colleges The actor was in and out of colleges but studied acting and grew fond of Shakespeare, according to People. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Arrests near schools or colleges have increased, though enforcement actions on campuses are extremely uncommon. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 By implementing strategies that address the CSF's six key functions, districts, colleges and universities can better identify, protect, detect, respond to and recover from potential incidents, enhancing their overall resilience. — Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026 Most cities have small colleges where kids can attend as day students without leaving home. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 New York, which already requires its colleges to take this more appropriate approach for internal college investigations, has no excuse to delay. — Ilana Turko, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026 Its accreditation is tied to a single entity rather than individual colleges. — Dr. Matthew Warshauer, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026 These include schools and colleges that will produce technical personnel and officers better able to understand and use technologies like drones and artificial intelligence (AI). — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 The Harold Hamm Health Campus also brings together six health professions colleges and the university’s graduate college—more than 4,100 students—to build a pipeline to address those issues. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

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The same report found that 73% of respondents call AI essential, but only 13% of organizations have integrated it into real workflows.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Give them the economics, the reasoning beneath the numbers, and partner with organizations like Economics Arkansas, which has equipped our teachers to do exactly that since 1962.

— Michael Poore Special to the Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of organizations

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Through regular exercises and strategic updates, districts and institutions can pinpoint and remedy potential gaps in their protocols before a real cyber emergency forces them to make high-stakes decisions under pressure.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
This woman, this young woman, had already endured something that is utterly unspeakable and that at every turn, she was failed by people and institutions with an obligation to protect her.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of institutions

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The cells will undergo electrical, thermal, and safety testing at Mercedes-Benz facilities and specialized external institutes.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
In truth, the German economy has shown signs of recovery since the start of this year, leading economic research institutes to revise their full year growth forecasts upward.

— , CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

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Attempts to coordinate the different agencies under a central authority to fight organized crime have failed in Congress, where professional associations representing those agencies have resisted anything that would reduce their power.

— MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
The model then forms statistical associations between the person’s name, profession, companies and areas of activity.

— Alona Karpinska, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of associations

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Professional societies and standards organizations will need to develop and regularly update the technical requirements.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
Cultural differences are also a concern, particularly with tourists visiting countries with much less permissive societies than the one they are used to.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of societies

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The most recognizable are Semana Santa, or Holy Week, processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
The most recognizable are Holy Week processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands.

— Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026

Definition of brotherhoods

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Protesters went on to torch police stations across the country, overrun national security headquarters in multiple governorates, storm torture chambers, and unearth archives of horror and abuse.

— Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Bolsonaro's Liberal Party also turned in strong results in races for both chambers of Brazil's Congress, particularly in the Senate, where they are expected to hold 29 seats, compared to just nine for Lula's Workers Party.

— David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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