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 The writers and actors guilds managed to get a notice-and-bargaining right for third party licenses of covered work to train commercial generative AI systems. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026 Assembling in public spaces to learn our hobbies or form or join existing guilds teaches not only patience and attention but how to have relationships. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 Best picture winners typically announce themselves through the guilds, with a PGA win, a DGA nod, an Actor Awards ensemble slot and a Globe or two along the way. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026 For every movie that Skydance falls short of, the studio must pay $30 million to health and pension funds, split among the guilds. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 Below are reactions from industry guilds, leaders, and unions to today’s settlement. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026 The city's tailors and textile artists have shaped global fashion, and its craft heritage has deep roots stretching back to the 12th century, when artisans and merchants founded guilds to protect their skills and commercial interests. — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guilds
  1. organizations
  2. societies
  3. institutions
  4. associations
  5. brotherhoods
  6. institutes
  7. fraternities
  8. chambers
Noun
  • The result has been delayed or missed legal filings and fewer cases taken, according to the organizations.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Subsidizing these slots would allow smaller institutions, such as academia and nonprofit organizations, to avoid competing on the open market against large companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin that launch satellites regularly.
    — Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of organizations
Noun
  • However, like many other coastal societies shaped by the migration and economics of Atlantic cod, Lofoten has been no stranger to ecosystem pressures over the decades, from shifting migration patterns to offshore fishing fleets.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
  • These societies still fear China and North Korea and still depend on the United States.
    — Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of societies
Noun
  • There is no evidence that foreign countries intentionally emptied prisons or mental institutions and sent people to the United States.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Over the past half-century, art has become exceptionally sophisticated at exposing institutions, criticizing them, and revealing the forms of power embedded within them.
    — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of institutions
Noun
  • Finding a local event hosted by over 13 country associations from the Nordics and Baltics to Croatia, Japan, and Australia and joining a group walk with an INWA instructor.
    — Lola Akinmade, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Pursuit recruits through the New York City Housing Authority, the public library system, local labor departments and community groups, and plans to add small business associations.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 22 Oct. 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
Noun
  • The company’s facilities include kindergartens, schools and technical training institutes, with more on the way.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Zhou Bowen, the director and chief scientist at Shanghai AI Lab, one of the country’s leading AI research institutes, has similarly argued that AI models need robotics to understand the physical world.
    — Scott Singer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of institutes
Noun
  • Both fraternities have houses on the 3400 block of Powelton Avenue in University City.
    — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Hazing involves requiring new or potential recruits to the military or college fraternities to perform strenuous, humiliating or dangerous tasks.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of fraternities
Noun
  • Others yet described Democrats retaking both chambers as part of a natural cycle of backlash for the incumbent party.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Before the dust settled Tuesday night, Democrats were already calling for both chambers to flex their new subpoena power.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of chambers

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“Guilds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guilds. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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