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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
  • Discipline campaigns offer unambiguous carrots and sticks, including leniency for cadres who show the right attitude and professional purgatory, even exile, for those who do not.
    — ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Its former cadres scattered to new parties formed after the 1982 constitution was promulgated.
    — Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of cadres
Noun
  • In the meantime, the Houthis have been consolidating their gains on Yemen’s coast, Basha said, setting up checkpoints and bringing loyalists to administer the regions now under their control.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Even a few Republican loyalists have recoiled at the extravagant pageantry, seemingly designed to flatter Xi and awe a domestic audience, although the absence of TV cameras at the Rose Garden ceremony undermined that low-ambition objective.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of loyalists
Noun
  • An eye will need to focus on ethics and lessons from history, as well as from social and political philosophy regarding protections for individuals, communities, domestic and supranational institutions and humanity at large.
    — Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Some smaller communities might be unable to operate due to lack of revenue.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of communities
Noun
  • Meanwhile, seven Israeli soldiers have been killed since the ceasefire.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa has deployed soldiers to help police combat violent crime and organized gangs.
    — Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of soldiers
Noun
  • Scrub away any grime with a cloth and a toothbrush, reaching into the tighter folds to ensure all residue is removed.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026
  • This year’s edition folds in the Co-Production Market Selects program, pitch sessions through the Tasveer Film Fund, industry panels, fireside conversations and networking events.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of folds
Noun
  • The native people of this region were not wiped out by smallpox and instead established an independent kingdom that blends a traditional monarchy with Catholicism, thanks to the efforts of some earlier missionaries.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The coding missionaries of the twenty-tens made errors both practical and philosophical.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 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
  • When brutal rationalism is challenged, especially by traditionalists, its defenders will often justify themselves by pointing to the intelligence of its adherents.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 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 29 Sep. 2026.

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