Thesaurus results for FRATERNITY

fraternity

noun

frə-ˈtər-nə-tē

Definition of fraternity

as in organization

a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest a firm believer in community service and a dedicated member of the local fraternity of Good Samaritans

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as in profession

the body of people in a profession or field of activity the fraternity of civil engineers

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Recent Examples of fraternity The lawsuit includes a screenshot of a Snapchat conversation in which a fraternity member appears to invite others in the group to join in. — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026 Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said in a statement Monday that his office is considering whether to bring criminal charges related to a 2024 incident at the Chi Phi fraternity house. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026 The fraternity and seven of its members were placed on temporary suspension that same day, the lawsuit said. — Dave Collins, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Everyone sees potential in its optimistic, egalitarian vision of a fraternity of nations. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fraternity

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Noun

There is a subset of incoming college first year students, men and women, who find these organizations really appealing, and some of it is entirely understandable.

— Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
The county’s options for the facility range from holding Discovery Place in default and taking over the nature museum to accepting Discovery Place’s terms and giving the organization decades to repay the debt, staff said.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of organization

Noun

Fortich has already considered leaving the profession — or jumping ship to teach in closer-to-home Lee County, but her job security from so many years in the Miami-Dade County school district has anchored her here.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
The alien spends much of the runtime going by the alias of John Carpenter (Jesus's profession, same initials), and is ultimately betrayed by someone close to him, Helen's sleazy boyfriend Tom (Hugh Marlowe), fulfilling Judas's role in the story.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of profession

Noun

The brand also carries a dark legacy and an unshakable association with its disgraced cofounder, Harvey Weinstein.

— Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
As the content continued to receive engagement, the platform’s AI appeared to be refining and expanding its understanding of what the post was about, broadening the keyword associations to reach new, relevant audiences.

— Tonia Ryan, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of association

Noun

Kyiv is split in half by the Dnipro River, with the right bank home to the majority of the city’s business centers, offices and government institutions.

— Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
Reopening an already shuttered institution could be much more difficult.

— Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of institution

Noun

That’s because the Dolphins face one of the better wide receiver corps Sunday in the Minnesota Vikings, a unit punctuated by one of the best at the position in Justin Jefferson.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold is back from a Week 1 injury and playing well behind a productive receiving corps.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of corps

Noun

Unsurprisingly, Altman, 41, is a true believer in the society-changing potential of AI.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
And while The Atlantic has published largely skeptical coverage of major AI companies and their products’ impact on society, Thompson’s tone, in his podcasts and LinkedIn posts, has been more optimistic.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of society

Noun

Hochul's announcement came shortly after dozens of students and community members spent hours demanding transparency and accountability from university leaders at a forum sponsored by Cornell's student government.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
According to a blog post on Friday by Matt Garman, Amazon’s CEO of its cloud computing arm, Amazon has already spent more than $1 billion in communities with a large data center presence over the past three years.

— Anne D'Innocenzio, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

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