sisterhoods

Definition of sisterhoodsnext
plural of sisterhood
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Noun
  • The Taylors plan to expand their label to include more university clothing, host events when the game day collection drops and do pop-ups at sororities.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
  • Partners have included Sage, PepsiCo, JPMorgan Chase and the Divine Nine, where the organization invested $250,000 across four sororities to support about 20 founders.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Others point to existing armed or semi-organized anti-regime groups, including Kurdish organizations, Baloch insurgent networks and underground resistance cells operating inside Iran.
    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
Noun
  • 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
  • Those meaningful bonds, or brotherhoods, are constantly at risk of being curtailed.
    Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In European and American societies of the early and mid-19th century, research shows that infant mortality rates were 30-60 times greater than today.
    Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
  • Physical spaces have always embodied what societies care about — from those first stone monuments that hunter-gatherers built to demonstrate loyalty to each other and to higher powers.
    Big Think, Big Think, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Texas colleges and universities have lined up notable speakers for their graduating classes this month — including athletes, authors, public officeholders and industry leaders.
    Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 3 May 2026
  • Over the past three decades, meanwhile, average tuition at both public and private four-year colleges has roughly doubled after adjusting for inflation, according to the College Board, and the average federal student loan balance has climbed to about $39,075 per borrower.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • In winning consecutive Masters — a feat not accomplished since Tiger Woods did it in 2002 — McIlroy joins Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Woods in one of golf’s most exclusive fraternities.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The first of two days of hearings with retail trade associations and supply chain stakeholders took place on Tuesday in Washington as a part of the office of the United States Trade Representative’s Section 301 investigations into excess industrial capacity across 16 foreign economies.
    Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 6 May 2026
  • While there are other national athletic associations for college sports, none rivals the NCAA in terms of market control and attracting the best athletes.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Probably those who trust institutions the most, and who can sacrifice some efficiency for an outdated but fancy stamp of approval—in other words, the children of the wealthy and educated.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 5 May 2026
  • These coins are minted by national institutions, priced close to the global gold rate, and widely recognised across international markets.
    Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
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