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as in organizations
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
a debate society
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as in civilizations
the way people live at a particular time and place
a pre-automobile society in which ordinary people rarely strayed far from home
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Recent Examples of societies
Funds routed through weakly regulated financial centers, often under nominal compliance regimes, help seed narratives designed to divide Western societies and undermine political cohesion.
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Gaurav Srivastava, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
Officials say a goal of the attacks is to undermine support for Ukraine, spread fear and discord in European societies and drain investigative resources.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Native Americans were using dice for gaming long before Bronze Age societies in the Old World, according to a new Colorado State University study.
—Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
If anything, Coop studies people, studies groups of folks and systems, and how informal and formal systems of specific societies interact.
—Jerald “coop” Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
This shift benefited not only Jews but liberal societies as a whole.
—Kenneth L. Marcus, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, expatriate Hungarians in cities such as Berlin, Brussels, Paris, and London—a smaller contingent, deemed unreliable by virtue of their exposure to cosmopolitan societies—must queue up at diplomatic missions.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Scientific American caught up with Corey—actually writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck—to ponder frighteningly realistic extraterrestrial invasions, changing concepts of personhood, weird alien societies and the terror of tenure-track research.
—Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
Its last transit, 1929–1943, overlapped with the Great Depression, when economic hardship forced societies to become more resourceful and disciplined.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Gaurav Srivastava, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
Officials say a goal of the attacks is to undermine support for Ukraine, spread fear and discord in European societies and drain investigative resources.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Native Americans were using dice for gaming long before Bronze Age societies in the Old World, according to a new Colorado State University study.
—Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
If anything, Coop studies people, studies groups of folks and systems, and how informal and formal systems of specific societies interact.
—Jerald “coop” Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
This shift benefited not only Jews but liberal societies as a whole.
—Kenneth L. Marcus, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, expatriate Hungarians in cities such as Berlin, Brussels, Paris, and London—a smaller contingent, deemed unreliable by virtue of their exposure to cosmopolitan societies—must queue up at diplomatic missions.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Scientific American caught up with Corey—actually writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck—to ponder frighteningly realistic extraterrestrial invasions, changing concepts of personhood, weird alien societies and the terror of tenure-track research.
—Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
Its last transit, 1929–1943, overlapped with the Great Depression, when economic hardship forced societies to become more resourceful and disciplined.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for societies
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The two organizations have been collaborating to design and build a pipeline to provide water and recycled water to the tribal reservation.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Indeed, researchers have studied job insecurity for decades and reached the overwhelming consensus that the sentiment is a net negative for organizations.—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Teotihuacán pyramids, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987, form a complex of monumental structures built by successive Indigenous civilizations.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Teotihuacan pyramids, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are a series of massive structures on the outskirts of Mexico City built by three different ancient civilizations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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That’s a gentle way of saying that those institutions must be prepared, at times, to coerce.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Power increasingly concentrated outside formal institutions Vahidi’s rise comes at a moment when Iran’s formal political institutions appear weaker than ever.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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The scale of the anomalies and news reports that showed the lavish lifestyles and fleets of expensive European cars of some of the suspects sparked huge anti-corruption protests last year in a country where millions still live in appalling poverty.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Not Moving Your Body Studies show that people who live sedentary lifestyles are more likely to experience constipation.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
16 Apr. 2026
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Before the unanimous vote to defer the interim agreement decision, commissioners heard from dozens of residents and representatives from local civic associations who urged them to reconsider.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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Created in partnership with more than 20 local associations, the new trail system will play an instrumental role in sustainable local development.—
Jen Murphy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Apr. 2026
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In another corner, an Anishinaabe weaving seems to foretell Edmonia’s ability to weave between cultures and continents.—
Tyehimba Jess,
ARTnews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Our students are shaped by their cultures, their families, and their own remarkable stories.—
CBS Chicago Team,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The new method, called ShadeCut, was invented by a research team at Freiburg’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), one of the largest solar energy research institutes in the world.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
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Many of these institutes were established by the colonial power in contexts shaped by empire, trade, war, and epidemic disease.—
Guy Vernet,
STAT,
9 Apr. 2026
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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
Cite this Entry
“Societies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/societies. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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