sisterhood

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Recent Examples of sisterhood New hire Pumpkin questions their sisterhood, forcing them to confront inner darkness or meet violent ends. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026 Harrison, the first in the sisterhood to go before a judge that summer, testified in a Tulsa court in July. Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026 Ash never endorsed the Equal Rights Amendment, and her appeals to sisterhood were carefully leavened with traditionalism. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 What drew you to the question of sisterhood? Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sisterhood
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Noun
  • Many have seen the videos of Detroit's teen takeovers, but a local organization is looking to channel that energy into something positive for the youth.
    Terell Bailey, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • But the real reason news organizations choose to spend thousands of dollars per journalist, per trip, to be on the papal plane is to be on hand for the pope’s news conferences.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Starring Witherspoon as Woods, the film followed a seemingly superficial sorority president who defies stereotypes by earning a place at Harvard Law School.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Indiana was without coach Rick Carlisle, who missed his second consecutive game to attend his daughter’s sorority spring parents formal at the University of Virginia.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Collins has also filed a complaint against the school and fraternity, alleging the same set of circumstances that led to the deadly crash.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In some ways, cancer has created a fraternity among some players like Taillon, and former Cubs Anthony Rizzo and Jon Lester — all cancer survivors.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Now, after having accomplished that — bringing in about $2,400 last year for the American Cancer Society — the college student upped the ante and set herself a new goal of biking 300 miles this April and raising $5,000.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2026
  • It's been an eventful first month on the job for Pat Lyons, the new athletic director at the University of Rhode Island, who takes the reins in Kingston during a volatile time in college sports, with the billions of dollars available in media rights turning the NCAA into a conduit for big business.
    Kathleen Hill, The Providence Journal, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Click above to watch Gadd and co-star Jamie Bell face off in a story about brotherhood, friendship, loyalty, anger and violence down the decades.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
  • In the present day, Ruben shows up unannounced at Niall’s wedding, launching the series’ time-hopping study of the fragility of their brotherhood — and the cyclical violence and trauma that bond them.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Hitching is particularly good at connecting you to those living at the margins of society — the kinds of people many of us don’t encounter often through normal channels and the media.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The government estimates that half a million people living in the shadows of Spanish society could be eligible to apply; analysts say the number is likely higher.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • People on my block were unhappy, and block association president was unhappy.
    Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Eighty-six percent of college and university leaders are worried about their schools' long-term financial viability, according to a survey in December by the American Council on Education, the principal industry association.
    Jon Marcus, NPR, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • According to the guild, the contract includes generative artificial intelligence protections including advance notice before systems are implemented, the right to decline credits or bylines when generative AI is used, and semi-annual meetings between the company and the guild.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Lynch takes all kinds of big swings, especially with the world-building and design—the guild navigator fish tanks, the block-y digital force fields, the inflatable Harkonens, and more.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026

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“Sisterhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sisterhood. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.

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