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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 organizations
Others point to existing armed or semi-organized anti-regime groups, including Kurdish organizations, Baloch insurgent networks and underground resistance cells operating inside Iran.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
As part of a long-standing initiative to grow local philanthropy, Big Day of Giving is a 24-hour giving challenge that encourages the generosity of small and large donations to the organizations that provide support for the area’s most vulnerable communities.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
The event will be streamed online for free, with national partner organizations and local civic groups hosting watch parties all around the country.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
Based on the feedback obtained by the surveys, 105 organizations earned recognition as Top Workplaces.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
So one of the very first hockey organizations that Murry's long-term investment firm invested in was called Team Maryland.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Among the local organizations participating in the process are Rotary clubs, women’s clubs, district cities and libraries, police and fire officials and chambers of commerce.
—Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
According to reports from news organizations that cover the schools in local Big 12 markets from Florida to Utah, nearly all of the universities are rejecting this line of credit.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
For example, limiting the injunctions to the states and organizations that have participated in the lawsuits alongside the individuals.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes and, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
As part of a long-standing initiative to grow local philanthropy, Big Day of Giving is a 24-hour giving challenge that encourages the generosity of small and large donations to the organizations that provide support for the area’s most vulnerable communities.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
The event will be streamed online for free, with national partner organizations and local civic groups hosting watch parties all around the country.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
Based on the feedback obtained by the surveys, 105 organizations earned recognition as Top Workplaces.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
So one of the very first hockey organizations that Murry's long-term investment firm invested in was called Team Maryland.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Among the local organizations participating in the process are Rotary clubs, women’s clubs, district cities and libraries, police and fire officials and chambers of commerce.
—Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
According to reports from news organizations that cover the schools in local Big 12 markets from Florida to Utah, nearly all of the universities are rejecting this line of credit.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
For example, limiting the injunctions to the states and organizations that have participated in the lawsuits alongside the individuals.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes and, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for organizations
Noun
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Researchers from Harvard and other institutions recently published a study in the journal Nature Communications that suggests those who live near nuclear power plants may be at higher risk for cancer.—
Krisztian Elcsics,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Richards’s personal experience and his years with the Fortune Society had given him the necessary credibility, with both activists and institutions, to help win commitment for the committee’s vision.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Condos are particularly tough for builders to invest in because California law allows homeowners associations, or HOAs, to sue developers for construction defects for up to 10 years after a building is completed.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Perkin was an award-winning artist and a member of many art associations, Keto said.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
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And if societies don't have the will to defend themselves, they'll be overtaken by the Barbarians.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 May 2026
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School groups and paranormal activity societies have also toured the space in the past, Fulmer said, with one group of Fort Osage students even using the mansion to film a video project.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
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The new recommendation differs from the other institutes like the American Society of Breast Surgeons and the American College of Radiology/Society of Breast Imaging, which call for annual mammography screenings, typically starting at age 40.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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Lumai has made the Nova server available for evaluation to hyperscalers, neo-clouds, enterprises, and research institutes.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some time after the group formed, Mellencamp signed on as the band’s second singer and performed with them at school dances, sock hops, fraternities, and battle of the bands competitions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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Numerous other fraternities and a handful of sororities have received probation and warnings for hazing in the period from 2018 through the spring 2025 semester.—
Matthew Kelly
April 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026
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Over this week, 61 Catholic brotherhoods snake through the city along the official parade route to Seville's Gothic cathedral and then back to their home churches.—
Alexis Marshall,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
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Those meaningful bonds, or brotherhoods, are constantly at risk of being curtailed.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2026
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The coach also pulled small groups of challenging students out of Lignore’s class to teach them social and emotional skills and helped Lignore make and consistently use behavior charts with her students.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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The ambassadors wore Day-Glo-green T-shirts and usually worked in groups of two or three.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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Many solitary wasps dig nesting chambers in sandy soils, like the cicada killer and the great golden digger wasps.—
Pamm Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Nushaj is referring to the way his client was removed from the council chambers.—
Gino Vicci,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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“Organizations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organizations. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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