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Recent Examples of fraternity The group was unaware that recent rainfall had led to hazardous swimming conditions including strong currents, crosswind and swells, the fraternity wrote. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025 Since débuting in March, a company called Crave New World has been hawking its next-gen TV dinners on college campuses, even brokering a deal with fraternities and sororities: free food to fuel a social-media competition (the prize: tickets to the N.C.A.A. Final Four). Sheila Yasmin Marikar, New Yorker, 30 June 2025 Friday, March 27: This dance troupe blends traditional African styles with those from Black fraternities and sororities and contemporary forms in a show that also features storytelling, humor and audience participation. Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025 The swimmers did not realize that recent heavy rains had created dangerous conditions in the water, the fraternity said. Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for fraternity
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Noun
  • The organization’s musical repertoires have grown exponentially over the years to include tens of millions of works, giving music users more music and more choice, the spokesperson said.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
  • Many of the local organizations Best Friends Animal Society is working with on the ground are operating based on donations and there are wish lists available online for anyone interested in purchasing specific things needed by shelters on the ground.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Moreover, his commitment to the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship demonstrates respect for a key tenet of the profession of medicine.
    Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Any profession can corrupt its practitioners — and arts critics are no exception.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Recent research has sparked new concerns over its side effects, including a possible association with neurodegeneration.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
  • The chapters are organized as brief essays extending from an event that triggers thoughts and associations which Li gathers, not necessarily to make sense of — because this is sometimes not possible — but to notice.
    John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • At the nucleus of their brotherhood were love, loyalty, and the zeal to expand their drug trafficking enterprise.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 13 June 2025
  • Joseph, similar to what Charles just expressed, nothing comes close to the actual brotherhood that servicemembers form in life-or-death situations.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Woods said the institution literally beat the humanity out of some boys, whittling away their value for human life.
    The Marshall Project, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
  • Set within a military institution, the film continues his exploration of gender and power, aiming to expose and humanize rigid, oppressive systems through personal and emotional storytelling.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Do you guys think the Avs are done changing up the defense corps?
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
  • Olivia Diaz is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative.
    Olivia Diaz, Fortune, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Still, with the rise of populist and ultra-conservative politicians utilizing nationalistic rhetoric, theocracy is becoming a greater concern for secular societies.
    Emi Eleode, Time, 14 July 2025
  • In my opinion, AI is the foundation of modern society, and its applications are expanding across a wide range of industries.
    Carmen Skipworth, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • However, the 6th District Court of Rhode Island declined to honor the detainer, releasing Mendoza without notifying ICE, forcing agents to locate and arrest him in the community.
    Stepheny Price , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2025
  • Last month state immigration advocates warned that arrests of undocumented immigrants were ramping up in the state, creating anxiety and fear in communities with people taken every day.
    Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2025

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“Fraternity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraternity. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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