as in institutions
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
The United States has suspended some funding for its flagship AIDS relief program, according to international organizations and members of Congress who warn the cuts are already hurting patients and halting critical projects globally.
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Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
According to Anthropic, the company behind Claude, a hacker used its artificial intelligence chatbot to research, hack, and extort at least 17 organizations.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The message seemed to point to his past music that alludes to leaders of rival criminal organizations.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
Many news organizations use the service to manage tips.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025
The same principle holds true in the battlefield of business—particularly for organizations on the cusp of rapid growth or navigating significant transformation.
—Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
And in recent years, while some organizations have ditched DEI initiatives amidst a political backlash, Chiu has continued to give.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Energy Foundation China, the nonprofit group mentioned by Lucci, is one such major funder of domestic environmental nonprofit organizations, disbursing tens of millions of dollars each year to support American activists while operating under the oversight of the CCP.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
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
Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
According to Anthropic, the company behind Claude, a hacker used its artificial intelligence chatbot to research, hack, and extort at least 17 organizations.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The message seemed to point to his past music that alludes to leaders of rival criminal organizations.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
Many news organizations use the service to manage tips.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025
The same principle holds true in the battlefield of business—particularly for organizations on the cusp of rapid growth or navigating significant transformation.
—Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
And in recent years, while some organizations have ditched DEI initiatives amidst a political backlash, Chiu has continued to give.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Energy Foundation China, the nonprofit group mentioned by Lucci, is one such major funder of domestic environmental nonprofit organizations, disbursing tens of millions of dollars each year to support American activists while operating under the oversight of the CCP.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
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
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The data set is hosted on a website of the European research institutions that created it.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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Powered by advanced technology and human creativity, Tala is reinventing financial infrastructure to solve what legacy institutions can’t or won’t, in order to unlock global economic progress.—
Jack McCullough,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The asylum application asked whether Soliman had belonged to political parties or other associations in his home country.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Researchers believe that these past associations may be attributable to confounding.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
9 Sep. 2025
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Our conversation revealed how commercial space, AI, and medicine are converging in ways that will open entirely new opportunities for businesses and societies.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Each of these commitments comes nestled in a bramble of thorny questions that societies have been debating for the last, let’s round it off at, 250 years.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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In Ukraine, Soviet authorities under his control pressured writers, actors, directors, producers and artists, and criticized and attacked institutes of Ukrainian history and Ukrainian literature, creative unions and newspaper and magazine editorial offices.—
Yegor Mostovshikov,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
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Research institutes in Japan, China, and Europe have launched their own greenhouse gas-monitoring satellites.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 Sep. 2025
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Two of the four were reported to have involved parties at UTC fraternities.—
Angele Latham,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
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Organizers had OK’d this, along with the participation of community groups including sororities and fraternities, Osbern previously said.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Critics and rights groups argued that both the ban and the bill function as tools for censorship, threatening freedom of expression, press freedom and fundamental rights.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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Sofi was among the first groups of people recruited to work for Kings Berry Farm.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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Berger based his claim on the fossils being found in narrow, pitch-dark chambers, far from natural entrances or evidence of animal activity.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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If passed by both chambers of Congress, the resolution would permit Kirk's remains to be placed in the Capitol Rotunda, a rare tribute reserved for individuals of national significance.—
Amanda Castro
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Organizations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organizations. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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