Definition of entouragenext
as in crew
a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person the gaggle of hangers-on that passes for the rock star's entourage

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Recent Examples of entourage Most of the film follows Dylan and his entourage (including Joan Baez) on a tour of England, trading wits with journalists and getting hammered at a notorious hotel party that involves someone (who? Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026 Perhaps Houben caught Paul’s entry into the Milan Speed Skating Stadium, surrounded by an entourage a half-dozen deep, including two humongous security guards and a guy filming his every move. Sean Gregory, Time, 15 Feb. 2026 An imperious figure with a tendency to grandstand, Yermak feuded with a succession of Western diplomats and just about everyone in Zelensky’s entourage. Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026 Naumov’s entourage included his godmother, Gretta Bogdan, and his longtime friends, the Petrenko brothers, Daniel and Anton. Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for entourage
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Noun
  • Official statement confirms crew safety In a statement posted on X on Monday, the Kuwait Ministry of Defense addressed the incident.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
  • All six crew members ejected safely, US Central Command said.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
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  • Today, that legacy echoes in the drinking venue and in the historic suite, where subtle homages let guests step into a piece of music history.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2026
  • With a global sensibility, reach, and reporting hubs now spanning from Washington DC, Silicon Valley, Wall Street to sub-Saharan Africa and the Gulf, Semafor’s journalists around the world power its suite of daily first-read email briefings and signature live journalism convenings.
    Rachel Keidan, semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Call it the Michael Rider effect (as Vogue’s Nicole Phelps did in our staff meeting) but nowhere is the runway-to-reality pipeline as tangible as here.
    Talia Abbas, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2026
  • But after Ambassador Graham Martin was airlifted to safety with the embassy’s American flag, the helicopter evacuation had been canceled — the result of a misunderstanding, as air staff didn’t realize a group of Marines was still waiting to be picked up.
    Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2026
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  • As for Ruffalo himself, who has on more than one occasion ruffled a few feathers with his advocacy, red carpet label pins and outspokenness, the Hulk actor suggested to Bonta to put together a posse.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Apocalypse movies are breeding grounds for unlikely posses, and this Australian zom-com from writer-director Abe Forsythe is no exception.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Charles’s retinue included his twenty-six-year-old brother, James, the Duke of York.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
  • In just a few weeks, Orion and his retinue will be dominating our winter skies.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Nov. 2025

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“Entourage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entourage. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.

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