1
as in organizations
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
a fellowship of physicians dedicated to administering medical aid without regard to politics
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as in fraternities
the body of people in a profession or field of activity
members of a law firm who violated just about every ethical principle that the legal fellowship holds dear
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Recent Examples of fellowships
Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Her work has been recognized with fellowships from the Black Mountain Institute, the Ucross Foundation, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference.
—Awakeners
august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
My PhD was fully funded with tuition waivers and varying stipends per year from a combination of fellowships, scholarships, and teaching or research assistantships.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
The three longtime friends, who met on their Bay Area suburb’s high school debate team, started Mercor in 2023 before their fellowships.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Her work has been recognized with fellowships from the Black Mountain Institute, the Ucross Foundation, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference.
—Awakeners
august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
My PhD was fully funded with tuition waivers and varying stipends per year from a combination of fellowships, scholarships, and teaching or research assistantships.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fellowships
Noun
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The United States has suspended some funding for its flagship AIDS relief program, according to international organizations and members of Congress who warn the cuts are already hurting patients and halting critical projects globally.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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According to Anthropic, the company behind Claude, a hacker used its artificial intelligence chatbot to research, hack, and extort at least 17 organizations.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Two of the four were reported to have involved parties at UTC fraternities.—
Angele Latham,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
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Organizers had OK’d this, along with the participation of community groups including sororities and fraternities, Osbern previously said.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The incident's central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Soon after that, Danielle started to self-harm, Miller said, adding that her daughter receives intensive therapy.—
Fred Clasen-Kelly,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Ukraine, Soviet authorities under his control pressured writers, actors, directors, producers and artists, and criticized and attacked institutes of Ukrainian history and Ukrainian literature, creative unions and newspaper and magazine editorial offices.—
Yegor Mostovshikov,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
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Research institutes in Japan, China, and Europe have launched their own greenhouse gas-monitoring satellites.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Data professions feel compelled to stick with the traditional technical metrics that exercise and demonstrate their expertise.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The share of doctors who belong to unions is rising quickly at a time when organized labor is losing ground with other professions.—
Patrick Aguilar,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Marandi admits the performance was unexpected.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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The company admits, however, that determined actors can still bypass safeguards.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The data set is hosted on a website of the European research institutions that created it.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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Powered by advanced technology and human creativity, Tala is reinventing financial infrastructure to solve what legacy institutions can’t or won’t, in order to unlock global economic progress.—
Jack McCullough,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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On the other side of the equation, the Chiefs’ receiving corps has looked eerily familiar.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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That stat alone underscores how well the starting rotation has held up, even as the relief corps falters.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Fellowships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fellowships. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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