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as in groups
the people who belong to a group or organization
Club leaders are elected by the membership.
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as in rosters
the number of people in a group or organization
The club's membership has been around 400 for the past several years.
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as in relationships
the state of being a member of a group or organization
We allowed our membership in the discount club to lapse.
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Recent Examples of memberships
To access the private terminal PS offers, annual memberships cost $1,250 and up.
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Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Wimmer said the current setup means the district has duplicate athletic costs, including conference memberships, staffing, transportation and administrative oversight.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Shoppers will also be able to add multiple items to their carts and connect loyalty memberships in some cases — two features OpenAI has yet to fully crack.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
Agents reported buying memberships, exchanging cash for chips, paying seat fees, playing for money, ordering drinks and cashing out winnings.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
Costco memberships range from $65 to $130 annually.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Prime members may still have goods delivered same-day for free with their annual memberships.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
To help fund the preventive care services, Cromwell said Easton Street Capital plans to sell longevity center memberships.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
Now, the total share of revenues from memberships and season tickets is closer to 15 per cent — with TV rights, sponsorship deals and individual ticket sales to tourist visitors the main sources of income.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Wimmer said the current setup means the district has duplicate athletic costs, including conference memberships, staffing, transportation and administrative oversight.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Shoppers will also be able to add multiple items to their carts and connect loyalty memberships in some cases — two features OpenAI has yet to fully crack.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
Agents reported buying memberships, exchanging cash for chips, paying seat fees, playing for money, ordering drinks and cashing out winnings.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
Costco memberships range from $65 to $130 annually.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Prime members may still have goods delivered same-day for free with their annual memberships.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
To help fund the preventive care services, Cromwell said Easton Street Capital plans to sell longevity center memberships.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
Now, the total share of revenues from memberships and season tickets is closer to 15 per cent — with TV rights, sponsorship deals and individual ticket sales to tourist visitors the main sources of income.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memberships
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Toyota's decision to electrify the Highlander, but not the Grand Highlander, comes as environmental groups have criticized the world's largest automaker for being late to converting to producing fully electric vehicles.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Her organization has drawn sharp criticism from pro-Israel groups.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Washington continues its development phase, leaning heavily on young talent and gaining experience against more complete rosters.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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Big-budget college basketball rosters are increasingly common, but less so in women’s basketball.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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The new adaptation has to figure out how to update the screenplay to avoid the mostly exploitational way such relationships were treated in the dramas of the 1970s.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Some young men say early exposure led to compulsive use, affecting relationships and daily life.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Porter has also worked as a meteorological technical subject matter expert in for both government and commercial organizations around the world.—
Greg Porter,
San Francisco Chronicle,
26 Mar. 2026
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Volusia Valor Days returns for its third free annual event Saturday and Sunday with more than 40 working military vehicles, including tanks and artillery, living history displays, veterans’ organizations, first responders and more than 100 battlefield reenactors.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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The same jury acquitted Lopez of more than a dozen other charges and hung on five counts of sending harmful material to a minor.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Census Bureau will collect exact population counts during the next official census in 2030, unless a community requests a special census before then.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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This, Wright imagined, was one way Proxi might display its analysis of players’ minds, an aerial map of loves, phobias, triumphs, losses, pets, and near misses plus all the associations connecting them.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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And these associations held even when accounting for age and gender.—
Lea Barbett,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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Five-year and single-year growth rankings in the new census data are littered at the top with communities across the Carolinas, big and small.—
John Marks,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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The network, which coordinates security for Jewish communities in North America, hosted the national security briefing ahead of Passover and amid rising global tensions.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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In January, only 11% of shelter requests could be met, and the city paused new family motel enrollments on March 1.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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To reduce its impact, Newsom reversed course on 100% health care coverage and has asked the Legislature to freeze enrollments.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Memberships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memberships. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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