Definition of possenext
as in entourage
a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person a popular teen and his ever-present posse of pals

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Recent Examples of posse As for Ruffalo himself, who has on more than one occasion ruffled a few feathers with his advocacy, red carpet label pins and outspokenness, the Hulk actor suggested to Bonta to put together a posse. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026 Apocalypse movies are breeding grounds for unlikely posses, and this Australian zom-com from writer-director Abe Forsythe is no exception. Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026 Others threatened the monkeys that wouldn’t let Punch join their posses. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2026 Travis Bishop’s great-grandfather rode with the posse. Masha Hamilton, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for posse
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entourage
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  • Michael Jackson‘s estate is facing a new wave of molestation allegations leveled at the late pop star, this time from four siblings from New Jersey who say they were groomed and abused for years and that the many handlers in Jackson’s entourage willingly enabled it all.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Cernuzio, an Italian reporter with Vatican Media, the Holy See’s in-house news operation, developed a close personal relationship with Francis and often traveled in his entourage when the pope left the Vatican.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026

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“Posse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posse. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.

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