Thesaurus results for GUILDS

guilds

noun

variants also gilds

plural of guild

as in organizations

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 guilds Most similarly to this year’s plan, the TV Academy attempted to move seven categories to the Creative Arts Emmys in 2005, until the guilds balked. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 17 July 2026 Both guilds, as well as SAG, traditionally have had contractual agreements with the Academy to waive any residual fees for use of clips on the Emmy show. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 July 2026 While Heated Rivalry has been scooping up major awards from various guilds and voting groups, including for leads Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, the show remains ineligible for Emmys consideration. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 8 July 2026 Hollywood guilds are currently wrangling with the perils and possibilities of AI. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026 The guilds are in a tough position. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026 From guilds to cooperatives in the industrial era In his time, Leo XIII rejected both unfettered capitalism and revolutionary socialism. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 May 2026 Gentile da Foligno in Perugia Italy was one of the few regions in Latin Christendom where physicians organized into guilds in the fourteenth century and thus routinely treated the general populace, rather than merely the wealthier mercantile and aristocratic classes. — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026 From guilds to cooperatives in the industrial era In his time, Leo XIII rejected both unfettered capitalism and revolutionary socialism. — Nathan Schneider, The Conversation, 26 May 2026

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Funding challenges have forced the closure of re-entry homes like the one at Charlotte’s McLeod Center and the shuttering of re-entry organizations like Redirection-NC as well as local reentry councils across the state.

— Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Gartner reported in 2026 that organizations with successful AI initiatives invest up to four times more in data quality, governance, AI-ready people and change management than organizations reporting poor outcomes.

— Robert Kramer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of organizations

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Linguistic diversity is not a good acquired at no expense to the societies that have chosen it (or been forced to choose it) over homogeneity.

— Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Storms smash into cities, disease shuts down whole societies, and millions of humans migrate across the globe.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

Definition of societies

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Some real-estate experts contend, however, that institutions shelling out millions to underwrite a property are already dead set on recouping their investments.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
The city also is constrained in taxing because about 1,500 properties — including state offices, hospitals and religious institutions — are exempt from paying local property taxes.

— Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

Definition of institutions

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Along with attending matches, Infantino’s itinerary included stops in New York for an interview on Fox & Friends and in Miami for a FIFA summit attended by representatives from the organization’s 211 member associations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
The associations remained even after accounting for individual characteristics, suggesting community-level conditions may independently shape Alzheimer’s risk.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026

Definition of associations

Noun

The most recognizable are Semana Santa, or Holy Week, processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
The most recognizable are Holy Week processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands.

— Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026

Definition of brotherhoods

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Founded in 2021, Helical Fusion aims to commercialize fusion research conducted at the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), one of Japan’s leading public research institutes.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
Meanwhile, Beijing widens Japan export curbs, targeting drone makers, nuclear firms and defense institutes.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of institutes

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While fraternities and sororities often have their own chapter gatherings and organizational conferences, the picnic creates a space where members from different organizations can come together in a more informal setting.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
Members of five historically Black fraternities and sororities will be able to request Michigan license plates featuring their organization's logo.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of fraternities

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The legislation includes nearly 60 standalone bills from the House, the Senate, or both chambers, combined into one massive package.

— Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026
His fixation on the bill — which lacks enough GOP support in the Senate — has undermined unrelated Republican priorities in both chambers and nearly paralyzed legislative business in the House.

— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 July 2026

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