as in association
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
an organization of people devoted to promoting world peace
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Recent Examples of organization
Black organizations and civil rights figures, like Mary McLeod Bethune, pushed for Black women in the WAC to get the same opportunity to serve overseas.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025
Two weeks after cutting funding for the organization that coordinates the report's production, the Trump administration has apparently informed all the authors working on it that their services are no longer needed.
—Alex Goy, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
Before the 2024 contest kicked off, over 60 LGBTQ+ organizations worldwide called for a Eurovision boycott over its inclusion of Israel amid the country’s siege on Gaza.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 29 Apr. 2025
Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025
Two weeks after cutting funding for the organization that coordinates the report's production, the Trump administration has apparently informed all the authors working on it that their services are no longer needed.
—Alex Goy, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
Before the 2024 contest kicked off, over 60 LGBTQ+ organizations worldwide called for a Eurovision boycott over its inclusion of Israel amid the country’s siege on Gaza.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 29 Apr. 2025
Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for organization
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Brick Oliver, representing the homeowners association for the Cadence at Bainbridge, the development’s 55 and over community, said Thursday that 98% of respondents to the association’s survey opposed the In-N-Out.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Apr. 2025
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But for Rodgers – who ran his best time in the two-mile his senior year at Wesleyan then stopped running – the association would pay off down the road.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2025
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More recently, stablecoins have become more appealing to institutions aiming to transfer value, particularly in dollars, across the globe more cheaply and efficiently outside the traditional financial system.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the happiest cases, a company could establish long-term funding relationships and receive predictable year-in, year-out operating support, thus becoming an institution, which could, in turn, offer its own new-work labs and programs.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
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The analysis also offers new insights into broader lifestyle and relational shifts in Irish Neolithic society.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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Fear of government retribution is now spreading through society.—
Frank Langfitt,
NPR,
22 Apr. 2025
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After pushback from the university — the institute’s projects included work to reduce health care disparities between rural and urban areas — the NIH restored its grant March 29.—
Rae Ellen Bichell and Rachana Pradhan,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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But the creature the institute caught on video was a footlong juvenile.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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Some interviews mimic college fraternity hazing practices and are biased, inconsistent and inefficient, according to some leaders.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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And Jews were excluded from many fraternities and from leadership positions in other campus organizations.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
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But getting to that point is going to be a thorny endeavor that will test the GOP's ability to overcome internal divide under tight margins in both chambers.—
Claudia Grisales,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2025
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Connolly's announcement could prompt a generational shift at the top of the Oversight Committee, after a push for a younger crop of Democratic committee leaders late last year as the party sought to combat GOP control of both chambers.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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The creativity the brothers bring from four decades of producing concerts and exploring design around the world while touring has injected a fresh perspective to HGTV, while their brotherhood has endeared them to viewers.—
Leena Tailor,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Apr. 2025
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He was entrenched in an exclusive brotherhood with teammates and classmates.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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In the footage, the man, identified as Teodoro Dominguez-Rodriguez, is led by a group of plainclothes men who refused to show ID or a warrant to his attorneys.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Bryant was assigned to a third group, in which volunteers didn’t receive a pill but instead worked with trial staff to meet their health goals, exercise more, and lose weight.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Organization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organization. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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