sisterhoods

plural of sisterhood

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sisterhoods
Noun
  • The race has continued to grow each year, with participation from survivor support groups, advocates, the Milwaukee Police Department, local sororities and fraternities, and more.
    Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Those traditions include our sororities and quite often span generations.
    Essence, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Because of the skills that neurodiverse individuals can bring to the workplace — hyperfocus, creativity, empathy and niche expertise, just to name a few — some research suggests that organizations prioritizing inclusivity in this space generate nearly one-fifth higher revenue.
    Rachel Curry, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Roughly one-third of that came from online donations –- made either on a third-party online fundraising platform or through nonprofit organizations’ websites, which themselves may be powered by a third-party platform’s fundraising software.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In fact, Pittsburgh’s Black community boasted a symphony orchestra, a mandolin string quartet, an orphanage, and a long list of literary societies and fraternal organizations.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The more fragile our societies become, the slower the transition away from fossil fuels.
    Natalie Unterstell, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Community colleges alone enroll roughly 44% of all undergraduates, yet they are rarely featured in mainstream narratives.
    Yolanda Watson Spiva, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • In contexts not concerning the elite private colleges of New England and their decades-old conflicts and syllabi and on-campus squabbles, this mode of prestige media procedure matters absolutely and enormously, at scales difficult to tabulate.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Before the game, a pair of fraternities flew anti-Napier banners in front of their houses.
    Matt Baker, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Banners wave from fraternities in Gainesville requesting Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin, and Franklin could be another option.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Over time, pathways in the brain are formed that translate certain associations with libido.
    Rachel Murray, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The actual culling is reserved for licensed hunters and local hunting associations, some of whom do it recreationally or as a part-time job.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Policy debates in the United States over the utility of multilateral institutions and interdependence have been fierce for a long time, even throughout the Cold War.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Vocational schools were regarded as an afterthought, a last-ditch option, offering vastly less prestige than traditional universities, particularly vaunted Ivy League institutions.
    Stephen Tave, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The first accounts of cheating and payoffs during exam week surfaced—a blow to the belief in fairness on which the whole system of guilds depended.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Possibly the most powerful figure in French cinema, Gaëtan Bruel, who became the youngest president of the National Film Board (CNC) earlier this year at the age of 37, is on a mission to build alliances with American filmmakers, guilds and streamers.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
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