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also cortèges
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as in entourages
a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person
the movie star's cortege included her hair stylist, makeup artist, personal assistant, and press agent
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as in processions
a body of individuals moving along in an orderly and often ceremonial way
the funeral cortege of mourners stretched for three city blocks
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Noun
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Sure, there were others — boyfriends came and went, entourages, too.—
Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Jan. 2026 -
At a prematch press conference to preview Sunday’s away trip to Real Sociedad, furious Flick sent a warning to La Masia youngsters and their entourages.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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These moving, samba-playing processions have been running since the early 1900s, though the origins of Carnival go further back still.—
Laura French,
TheWeek,
18 Mar. 2026
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Here, a title run-in refers to seasons (listed in the footnote of the graphic below) in which the destination of the champions’ trophy was still genuinely in doubt late on, excluding processions such as 2024-25, when Liverpool won at a canter, finishing 10 points above Arsenal.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Decades of growing Irish patriotism resulted in Irish Aid societies and annual parades of bagpipes and drums.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Irish immigrants made the holiday popular in the United States, introducing a more secular celebration full of parties and parades, which have since been adopted in Ireland as well.—
Catherine Messier,
The Providence Journal,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Corteges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corteges. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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