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faithfuls

noun

plural of faithful
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as in cadres

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as in loyalists

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  1. cadres
  2. loyalists
  3. communities
  4. soldiers
  5. folds
  6. missionaries
  7. cooperatives
  8. adherents
Noun
  • Its former cadres scattered to new parties formed after the 1982 constitution was promulgated.
    — Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Other provinces and cities have only a few dozen minister-level cadres.
    — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of cadres
Noun
  • The city’s legislature now comprises only pro-Beijing loyalists, while most pro-democracy figures are either in jail or in exile overseas.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Until the Day Ends stars Lena Trifunović as Lena, an anarchist student, and Andrija Krivokapić as Stefan, a working-class youth with friends who are pro-government loyalists.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of loyalists
Noun
  • Recent major outbreaks in Texas, South Carolina and Pennsylvania reveal the threat of measles in undervaccinated, insular communities.
    — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Many newcomers are bypassing traditional gateways for smaller cities and suburbs, drawn to emerging enclaves from Cincinnati and Knoxville to Utah’s booming communities, even as Florida remains the top destination for some nationalities.
    — Will Jarrett, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of communities
Noun
  • The United States lost more than 2,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and more than 4,000 in Iraq, and more than 50,000 were wounded between the two conflicts.
    — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
  • And indeed, if, like Grossman, a correspondent is committed to telling the story of people at war, soldiers are essential actors in any conflict.
    — Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of soldiers
Noun
  • The tight cropping in the monochrome nudes isolates slopes, folds, shadowed recesses and curved planes that hover between landscape and abstraction.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, from Uçhisar's higher terraces and viewpoints, Cappadocia unfurls below in great geological folds, with Göreme and its surrounding valleys in the distance.
    — Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of folds
Noun
  • The organization drew international attention in 2021, when 17 of its missionaries were kidnapped on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince by the 400 Mawozo gang.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Visiting missionaries fill tribal members’ gas tanks and replace their sagging roofs.
    — Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of missionaries
Noun
  • The old joke is that some cooperatives are the least cooperative groups in the world.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
Definition of cooperatives
Noun
  • Breitbart has also published an article skewering Hamilton for suggesting that adherents of other religions might get to Heaven.
    — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Its adherents believe that the relentless pursuit of maximizing individual freedom and rights has come at the cost of community, religion, and traditional norms.
    — Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of adherents
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“Faithfuls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faithfuls. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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