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as in troupe
an organized group of stage performers
a city that is fortunate enough to have two thriving opera companies
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as in team
a group of people working together on a task
a company of carpenters constructed the frame of the house in no time
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as in firm
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
she works for a construction company
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as in community
the feeling of closeness and friendship that exists between companions
enjoying each other's company
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as in to travel
to come or be together as friends
in her sermon the minister noted that Jesus had companied with the least privileged and most disadvantaged members of society
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as in to accompany
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
may the Good Lord company you on your journey home
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Recent Examples of company
Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
According to the Journal, Brown-Forman, parent company of brands like Jack Daniel’s and Old Forester, rejected Sazerac’s approximately $15 billion offer, which amounted to $32 per share.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 May 2026
In a statement, CEO Jay Foreman said the company plans to put the refund dollars toward supporting its cash flow for the year and toward investments in its team.
—Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
Meta, and other social media companies, must be transparent about their algorithm and internal studies just as cigarette companies misled the pubic for countless years to find that their products were causing cancer.
—Linh Tat, Oc Register, 5 May 2026
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Noun
Also part of the company are KBCF Consulting, focused on financial and regulatory structuring, and Divergente, a streaming platform for content that is less than an hour long.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
According to the Journal, Brown-Forman, parent company of brands like Jack Daniel’s and Old Forester, rejected Sazerac’s approximately $15 billion offer, which amounted to $32 per share.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 May 2026
In a statement, CEO Jay Foreman said the company plans to put the refund dollars toward supporting its cash flow for the year and toward investments in its team.
—Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
Meta, and other social media companies, must be transparent about their algorithm and internal studies just as cigarette companies misled the pubic for countless years to find that their products were causing cancer.
—Linh Tat, Oc Register, 5 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for company
Noun
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Most of the other troupe members are already in high school.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The entire thing is a beautifully chaotic blank canvas for Sacramento’s music community to collaborate and mishmash within itself, to forge a platoon of one-off troupes and ramshackle supergroups — check out some prior videos on the event’s Instagram.—
Aaron Davis,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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The Black and Blue were attempting to become the first team since the 2001 Miami Fusion to earn 21 points in their first 12 games.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
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The Iowa State product looks every bit of a near 6-foot-9 measurement, and started at right tackle for rookie units in 11-on-11 team periods.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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Sung, whose résumé includes stints at Abercrombie & Fitch, Pacific Sunwear, Lucky Brand and Amazon Fashion as well as several technology firms, joined Quince two years ago to oversee the men’s division.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
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But whether that simplification buys private space firms enough time and fuel savings to deliver the landings in 2028 is something NASA will find out in coming months as the companies respond to its proposal.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
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Water has been a focus of the Newsom administration since his first day in office, when the governor took his cabinet to Monterey Park Tract, a rural Central Valley community that lacked access to safe drinking water.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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These are trade-offs that can be negotiated, at both the local and national levels, to benefit our communities.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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The teams that Weltman has constructed over the past nine years have, in my view, consistently lacked good 3-point shooting or an athletic presence at center.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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Investigators ended a search for Kristin Smart’s body at the home of her killer’s mother on Saturday without recovering a body, a day after Sheriff Ian Parkinson said soil testing detected the presence of human remains.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Linde had a huge hand in NASA’s Artemis II mission that just took humans the farthest distance from Earth in history, traveling 252,756 miles from home.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
9 May 2026
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That’s one of the reasons why Knicks fans have been traveling to Philadelphia.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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Head chef and owner Diego Briones has created an accomplished, light-hearted menu with hero European ingredients such as white asparagus, accompanied by more unusual combinations like coconut and green papaya.—
Jaymi McCann,
TheWeek,
8 May 2026
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Haendel and his assistant knocked on doors and visited local businesses to find community members willing to accompany them to museums and cultural institutions and participate in the project.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Groups of passengers and crew disembarked from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak on Sunday in Spain, where they were expected to be evacuated to their home countries and begin quarantining to prevent further spread of the disease.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Over 25 Miami-Dade fire crews aided in rescuing the injured, finding some of the 11 in the water.—
Miami Herald,
Sun Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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“Company.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/company. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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