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as in town
the people living in a particular area the whole community rallied to the aid of the family who had lost its home

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as in colony
a group of people with a common interest living in one place a picturesque seacoast village that is known for its sizable community of artists

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as in fraternity
the body of people in a profession or field of activity members of the medical community

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Recent Examples of community Since its founding in 1985, Delivering Good has distributed nearly $3 billion in new merchandise through a network of more than 800 community partners. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025 That privacy update followed in the footsteps of a 2019 move to remove birth names from an individual’s page after outcry from the transgender community. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025 Brazilian culture is community-centered. Jade Moyano, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025 The luncheon annually brings together women from all facets of the filmmaking community to celebrate the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women. Andrea Mandell, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for community
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Noun
  • In Leadville, truckloads of snow are plowed up from other parts of town and dumped onto Harrison Avenue for the weekendlong event that boasts an atypical co-mingling of ranchers and skiers.
    Cari Shane, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Alternatively, if your town has a waste collection facility, feel free to drop them off there instead.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Most of the time, bees do their own thing, foraging for food and raising a colony.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
  • His family property, that was really just his summer property, was built to be like an artist colony.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Davidson led for nearly 39 minutes of action, answering each Charlotte comeback attempt run with a flurry of its own, quieting a Halton Arena crowd of 3,712.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Later Punch would finally ignite the Schollmaier Arena crowd with a one-handed slam dunk in transition.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Yousef Erakat, who portrays fraternity brother Jonathan, has kept his love life private.
    Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Rutgers previously reported the fraternity had been issued a cease-and-desist order and placed on disciplinary probation in connection with the incident.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The similarities and the differences between England and Australia are nothing new.
    Darren Richman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Despite some similarities and speculation, the new comet likely originated from our solar system's Oort Cloud and is not directly connected to 3I/ATLAS.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Marshawn will forever be a part of the Bronco brotherhood.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Elsewhere, an unexpected power shift darkens the brotherhood bond between Phil (Adrian Holmes) and Geoffrey (Jimmy Akingbola), whose loyalties to the Banks family are tested.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Union Square, which was to be my neighborhood for the next twenty-five years, was off limits after dark back then.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Mamdani’s plan to raise city income taxes by 2% on millionaires and shift property taxes toward the wealthiest, whitest, and most under-taxed neighborhoods could generate $4 billion a year to fund affordable housing.
    Fahad Zuberi, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • For example, for a family of three paying $22,000 annual premiums with a $21,000 deductible is essentially paying mortgage on an expensive non-existent house.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • In her eight years practicing family law, Jackie Combs has helped her clients navigate many divorces.
    Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Community.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/community. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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