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a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
a consortium for the prevention of animal cruelty
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Recent Examples of consortia
State-level surveillance consortiums.
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Robert B. Shpiner, STAT, 13 Feb. 2026
Under the Commission’s current plan, only one interceptor project would receive EU funding in the future, leaving the two consortia with limited options.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
Under that traditional system, films are co-financed by sprawling consortiums of studios, broadcasters and publishers, a process critics say stifles creative autonomy and limits profit participation for filmmakers.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 28 Nov. 2025
China, meanwhile, has mounted several robotic moon missions and a Mars mission in recent years, and both China and NASA are aiming to land astronauts on the moon again before 2030, via different international consortiums.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Nov. 2025
The bidding process featured some exclusive windows for Skydance but also periods when offers came in from Sony and Apollo or consortiums led by Barry Diller and Edgar Bronfman Jr.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
In July, commissioners had voted to have Levine Cava start negotiating potential deals with both consortiums, but did not give a deadline at that time.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Three consortiums are competing to supply the buggy, dubbed the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV), a contemporary version of the Lunar Roving Vehicle first deployed with the Apollo 15 mission in 1971.
—New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025
In the way that industry-wide consortia have coalesced around plastic pollution or microfiber leakage, Hakansson would like to see similar collaborative action rally around methane with fewer than five years left until 2030.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 19 Sep. 2025
Robert B. Shpiner, STAT, 13 Feb. 2026
Under the Commission’s current plan, only one interceptor project would receive EU funding in the future, leaving the two consortia with limited options.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
Under that traditional system, films are co-financed by sprawling consortiums of studios, broadcasters and publishers, a process critics say stifles creative autonomy and limits profit participation for filmmakers.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 28 Nov. 2025
China, meanwhile, has mounted several robotic moon missions and a Mars mission in recent years, and both China and NASA are aiming to land astronauts on the moon again before 2030, via different international consortiums.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Nov. 2025
The bidding process featured some exclusive windows for Skydance but also periods when offers came in from Sony and Apollo or consortiums led by Barry Diller and Edgar Bronfman Jr.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
In July, commissioners had voted to have Levine Cava start negotiating potential deals with both consortiums, but did not give a deadline at that time.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Three consortiums are competing to supply the buggy, dubbed the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV), a contemporary version of the Lunar Roving Vehicle first deployed with the Apollo 15 mission in 1971.
—New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025
In the way that industry-wide consortia have coalesced around plastic pollution or microfiber leakage, Hakansson would like to see similar collaborative action rally around methane with fewer than five years left until 2030.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consortia
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Israel’s overt objectives included not only the removal of Palestinian organizations from Lebanon but also the installment of an Israeli-friendly government that would conclude a peace deal.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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The two organizations recognized the compound could fight tumors caused by a rare genetic disorder, so Pfizer licensed it to a new spin-off, SpringWorks Therapeutics.—
Annette Bakker,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Sacramento’s top public media institutions filed Monday a settlement agreement in their dueling lawsuits to determine the owner of a transmission tower, ending a bitter legal dispute.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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The merge of two storied institutions in New York City was commemorated on Monday, March 16, 2026, at EMS Academy at Fort Totten to mark its 30th anniversary.—
Joanna Moriello,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Broader cultural implications Meanwhile, the negative associations also impact how people feel about San Francisco more broadly.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2026
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El Concilio, a coalition of Mexican American neighborhood associations rooted in Austin, is proposing that the street César Chavez, named a few months after Chavez’s death, be reversed to its original name First Street.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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This was largely due to the Green Revolution, a broad campaign by governments and research institutes to provide high-yield varieties of wheat and rice, along with pesticides and mechanized agriculture, to developing countries.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
16 Mar. 2026
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Independent research institutes estimate the size of Israel’s arsenal based on available intelligence and historical records.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Mar. 2026
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Gary’s story is quite a change of pace from the usual villainous role of snakes in Hollywood (see The Jungle Book, the Harry Potter franchise, Snakes on a Plane, Anaconda) and the perception of them in human societies more broadly (see the Book of Genesis).—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
15 Mar. 2026
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Some militaries are too confident in their own capacity to overwhelm any hostile army; some are drawn from societies that simply look down on their enemies.—
Phillips Payson O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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The votes in both chambers were along strict partisan lines, with all Democrats against the measure.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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That was not a surprise, given the open rancor between House and Senate leaders left over from last year’s session, which, despite the GOP’s control of both chambers, also failed to produce a budget on time and went an extra 45 days.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Consortia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consortia. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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