as in organization
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 consortium
Another is a consortium led by Employer.com Founder Jesse Tinsley, which also features the major YouTuber MrBeast.
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William Gavin, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2025
McCourt’s Project Liberty—the group leading The People’s Bid For TikTok—has built a consortium to purchase TikTok that includes O’Leary and Guggenheim Securities.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Another factor that motivated the consortium to act is Naperville’s municipal election on April 1, which has eight candidates vying for four open council seats.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
The majority of the officials who live in the West went to the Big 12 consortium.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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William Gavin, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2025
McCourt’s Project Liberty—the group leading The People’s Bid For TikTok—has built a consortium to purchase TikTok that includes O’Leary and Guggenheim Securities.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Another factor that motivated the consortium to act is Naperville’s municipal election on April 1, which has eight candidates vying for four open council seats.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
The majority of the officials who live in the West went to the Big 12 consortium.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consortium
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The White House froze hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants, then rescinded the order, then said the order still stood, leaving thousands of organizations in limbo.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
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Trump’s decision to appoint the combative Republican lawmaker Elise Stefanik as his UN ambassador suggests that the president wants to take an adversarial stance toward the organization.—
JORGE G. CASTAÑEDA,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Feb. 2025
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The conservative Heritage Foundation and Republican lawmakers have been floating long to-do lists for changing the NIH, including dramatically reorganizing the centers and institutes that constitute the agency.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2025
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Hannah Downey is the policy director at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), a nonprofit institute based in Bozeman, Montana, that creates innovative conservation solutions through markets and incentives.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Can association’s new tree block owner’s ocean view? ASK IRA: Did the Heat do right by protecting their youth in the Jimmy Butler trade?—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Cosmos livestock shipping association held its annual meeting Saturday afternoon.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Flashback: Trump on campus protests Trump has harshly criticized institutions for allowing such protests, promising to halt unruly protests.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
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However, critics contend that diverting federal funds to private institutions could further weaken public schools, leaving those without access to alternative education options at a disadvantage.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Those rights holders include record labels, publishers, independent distributors, performance rights organizations and collecting societies.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2025
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Emerging, re-emerging, and evolving pathogens continue to threaten society.—
Juan Manuel Santos,
TIME,
28 Jan. 2025
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Despite the increasingly obvious problem, five more floors were built over the next two centuries; the ornate bell chamber was finished in 1372.—
Eric Lach,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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The traces revealed the chamber was once an ancient Roman sanctuary.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2025
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Woodson was made an honorary member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity on Feb. 10, 1917, and in 1924, members of the fraternity, called Ques, launched the Negro History and Literature Week, according to Carr.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2025
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At his funeral service, members of his fraternity honored Grant with a special tribute and a video that chronicled much of his life.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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His fellow council members said that was a fact that would just have to be accepted.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
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On Wednesday while visiting Paris, the head of Haiti’s presidential council, Leslie Voltaire, cited Kenscoff as an example of a place security forces were making progress and gangs are on the retreat.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Consortium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consortium. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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