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also consortiums
as in organizations
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
Thousands of recipients of the funds, including many businesses or big consortiums, are not identified.
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ABC News,
6 May 2026
Several other institutions are coming together with Biohub, including the Allen Institute, Arc Institute, Broad Institute, and Wellcome Sanger Institute—as well as consortia including the Human Cell Atlas and the Human Protein Atlas to coordinate a larger-scale effort.
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Priscilla Chan,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
Most modern sports teams are purchased by consortiums, and every league has its own rules about how exactly those groups can come together.
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Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Industry consortia should define standards for APIs, reserve attestations and exception handling, minimizing integration friction.
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Karthik Sankara Narayanan,
Forbes.com,
13 Feb. 2026
State-level surveillance consortiums.
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Robert B. Shpiner,
STAT,
13 Feb. 2026
There are consortia that protect regional products like Parmigiano Reggiano, organizations that preserve the country’s artistic and architectural treasures, and even official designations for the country’s most beautiful villages.
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Laura Itzkowitz,
AFAR Media,
21 Jan. 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.
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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.
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Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Nov. 2025
ABC News,
6 May 2026
Several other institutions are coming together with Biohub, including the Allen Institute, Arc Institute, Broad Institute, and Wellcome Sanger Institute—as well as consortia including the Human Cell Atlas and the Human Protein Atlas to coordinate a larger-scale effort.
—
Priscilla Chan,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
Most modern sports teams are purchased by consortiums, and every league has its own rules about how exactly those groups can come together.
—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Industry consortia should define standards for APIs, reserve attestations and exception handling, minimizing integration friction.
—
Karthik Sankara Narayanan,
Forbes.com,
13 Feb. 2026
State-level surveillance consortiums.
—
Robert B. Shpiner,
STAT,
13 Feb. 2026
There are consortia that protect regional products like Parmigiano Reggiano, organizations that preserve the country’s artistic and architectural treasures, and even official designations for the country’s most beautiful villages.
—
Laura Itzkowitz,
AFAR Media,
21 Jan. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consortia
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Two legal aid organizations filed the lawsuit Thursday, calling for answers from the government over the policies and changes related to DACA renewal requests, including data on current average processing times, renewals and the length of time to process them.
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Various organizations and even civilian volunteers have also joined rescue efforts.
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But prevention begins much earlier — with whether people feel connected to their communities, invested in civic life and seen by the institutions that serve them.
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Undergraduate tuition and fees at Texas public institutions have remained frozen since 2023.
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The grapegrower and winemaker associations argue that bulk wine imports have increased in recent years, hurting the local wine industry.
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More than a dozen national and international journalism associations wrote a joint letter calling on the government to withdraw its case after the men's convictions were upheld by a lower court of appeal in March.
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The company has 23 quantum systems installed at research institutes, enterprises, and high-performance computing centers and understands the need and urgency for fault-tolerant quantum computers.
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The Yale Quantum Institute, founded in 2014, is one of the country’s first quantum research institutes.
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Studies show that living in industrialized societies has taken a toll on our gut health.
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Those candidates who reach that threshold of support would then have to receive the backing of 5% of local constituency parties, or at least three party affiliates — groups such as trade unions and cooperative 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.
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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.
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Sessions in both chambers of Congress were temporarily halted by raucous legislators celebrating the German victory, according to the journalist David Margolick’s book on the Louis-Schmeling rivalry.
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After months of negotiations, lawmakers were able to come up with a comprehensive housing package that includes nearly four dozen provisions touching on priorities from both chambers and parties.
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