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also gild
as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
after his apprenticeship, he was able to join the stonemasons' guild
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Recent Examples of guild
The unnamed ringleader apparently also tried to sell a copy of a world-famous painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn known as The Syndics, a 17th century portrait of members of Amsterdam's cloth makers' guild, for roughly $150 million.
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NPR, 26 Oct. 2025
Admission is free for opera guild and JCC members, and $10 for the general public.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2025
Medieval guild houses and sleek glass façades share space—stitched together by whirring trams—as Bahnhofstrasse, the city’s famed luxury shopping boulevard, draws crowds of hedonists with its parade of designer boutiques.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Sure, but there’s also this: Teaching guild and academy members how to think like digital creators starts to level the playing field.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
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NPR, 26 Oct. 2025
Admission is free for opera guild and JCC members, and $10 for the general public.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2025
Medieval guild houses and sleek glass façades share space—stitched together by whirring trams—as Bahnhofstrasse, the city’s famed luxury shopping boulevard, draws crowds of hedonists with its parade of designer boutiques.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Sure, but there’s also this: Teaching guild and academy members how to think like digital creators starts to level the playing field.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guild
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Thank you Dodger Nation, Blue Jays organization and all baseball fans for your love and support.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Having led a multimillion-dollar organization and mentored thousands of women nationwide, Martine now specializes in guiding high-achieving women to stop over-functioning, reclaim their energy, and lead with clarity and confidence.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The controllers’ union and Airlines for America (A4A), the commercial airlines’ trade association, declined to directly address the question of privatization when asked on Friday.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Drew Maloney, the CEO of the Edison Electric Institute, a trade association of for-profit electric utilities, suggested that only some states are the drivers of higher average electric bills.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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New Delhi’s support enabled Hasina to undermine democratic institutions, politicize the judiciary and Election Commission, and enforce repressive laws such as the Digital Security Act, which limited free speech online and allowed arbitrary arrests and detentions of opponents of the regime.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Driving collaboration for commercial rollout The researchers also emphasise the need for collaboration across academia, industry, and research institutions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Nov. 2025
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Safer and more efficient batteries For society, such advances mean safer and more efficient batteries that accelerate the transition to clean energy.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Any novel about a train is a study of society and its ineradicable divisions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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LaFee is vice president of communications for the Sanford Burnham Prebys research institute.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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Auroras may be visible low on the horizon as far south as Carson City, Oklahoma City, and Raleigh, according to the institute.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
11 Nov. 2025
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Yousef Erakat, who portrays fraternity brother Jonathan, has kept his love life private.—
Ariana Quihuiz,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Rutgers previously reported the fraternity had been issued a cease-and-desist order and placed on disciplinary probation in connection with the incident.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Macron additionally outlined a plan to move the Mona Lisa to its own underground chamber, which museumgoers would pay a separate fee to visit.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
7 Nov. 2025
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Directed by Tiago Rosa-Rosso, the film stages a gently absurd domestic scenario that drifts between comedy and unease, unfoldig like a theatrical chamber piece where logic slips and all is up for questioning.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Marshawn will forever be a part of the Bronco brotherhood.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Elsewhere, an unexpected power shift darkens the brotherhood bond between Phil (Adrian Holmes) and Geoffrey (Jimmy Akingbola), whose loyalties to the Banks family are tested.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Guild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guild. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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