corps

as in fraternity
the body of people in a profession or field of activity a reporter who is widely respected throughout the press corps

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Recent Examples of corps The Chinese Navy, like the U.S. Navy, possesses a corps of meteorologists and oceanographers that support the fleet. Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025 But the vast majority of the press corps sees its role as providing objective reporting. Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025 Kate Payne is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 June 2025 There is a long tradition of New York mayors mixing it up with the press corps. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for corps
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Noun
  • Since débuting in March, a company called Crave New World has been hawking its next-gen TV dinners on college campuses, even brokering a deal with fraternities and sororities: free food to fuel a social-media competition (the prize: tickets to the N.C.A.A. Final Four).
    Sheila Yasmin Marikar, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • Friday, March 27: This dance troupe blends traditional African styles with those from Black fraternities and sororities and contemporary forms in a show that also features storytelling, humor and audience participation.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Usher and Tom Brady Two titans in their respective professions, Usher and Brady were photographed near each other at the Gritti Palace Hotel.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • Their professions range from sales representatives to community coaches, and Auckland’s winnings of roughly €4 million ($4.5 million) from the Club World Cup—peanuts to elite clubs—is a fortune for an entity and federation not used to dealing in such sums.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • So to have somebody that innately understands rap music is to have somebody that innately understands community, struggle, and aspiration.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
  • The film, directed by designer Alexis Bittar and produced by Oscar winner Bruce Cohen and Bittar, examines how the flag can be reclaimed as a symbol of unity for all Americans, with a focus on the LGBTQ community.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • The cowboy, that paragon of rugged individualism, stands for stoicism and a wordless sweaty brotherhood.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
  • Soda Stereo's Zeta Bosio, Charly Alberti, and more look back at how high expectations, tragedy, and a lasting brotherhood shaped the Argentine masterpiece June 21, 2025 First, there’s the black and white portrait.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025

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“Corps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corps. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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