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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
In the mid-twentieth century, Canavan writes, American science fiction often depicted societies ruled by computers as an analog for Soviet communism.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 29 Sep. 2025
In that vision of a distant, distant future, there is no public sector or state in those societies.
—Nic Juarez, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
The West is not alone in struggling with ageing societies.
—Renaud Foucart, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
County fair budgets are notoriously tight, and many agricultural societies typically don’t have much money in the bank year-round, several fair leaders around the state all said.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
The great human cost involved in construction works, river maintenance, and canal building is a pervasive feature of all powerful societies right up to the modern era.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Economic policy has the most to offer over the long term, in its potential to transform societies.
—Don Graves, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2025
Rising anger in fractured societies.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Although religious exemptions were not recognized by law until the 1960s, some resisted these vaccination campaigns from the beginning, and 19th-century anti-vaccination societies urged the rollback of state laws requiring vaccination.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 29 Sep. 2025
In that vision of a distant, distant future, there is no public sector or state in those societies.
—Nic Juarez, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
The West is not alone in struggling with ageing societies.
—Renaud Foucart, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
County fair budgets are notoriously tight, and many agricultural societies typically don’t have much money in the bank year-round, several fair leaders around the state all said.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
The great human cost involved in construction works, river maintenance, and canal building is a pervasive feature of all powerful societies right up to the modern era.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Economic policy has the most to offer over the long term, in its potential to transform societies.
—Don Graves, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2025
Rising anger in fractured societies.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Although religious exemptions were not recognized by law until the 1960s, some resisted these vaccination campaigns from the beginning, and 19th-century anti-vaccination societies urged the rollback of state laws requiring vaccination.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for societies
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These differentiating numbers are due to how the two organizations track book bans.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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The building will offer commercial space for lease at the street level, but currently, no businesses or organizations have claimed the space.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Bible’s Old and New Testaments, as well as the Qur’an, reference lunar phases to mark certain months and dates in the year—a practice also used by Ancient Chinese, Mayan, and South Asian civilizations.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
2 Oct. 2025
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Political hubris and mismanagement have reduced one of the oldest water civilizations to a parable of collapse.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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China has also sought to strengthen its global position through its leadership of multilateral institutions like BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and participation at the United Nations.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Germany is one of Israel's strongest allies due to the legacy of the Holocaust and security is tight at synagogues and other Jewish institutions.—
Pilar Arias,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Similar to other seasons, the season 9 trailer shows the couples battling various obstacles, from different lifestyles to trust issues.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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And while what that looks like can vary from person to person, certain countries are better known for their top-notch lifestyles than others.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Oct. 2025
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These associations between soft drink consumption and MDD diagnosis, as well as symptom severity, remained significant in female participants when additionally controlling for body mass index (BMI).—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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The group also shed their prior associations in the process.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across six countries developed over several years, covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre alive.—
Karla Gachet,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
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This holiday celebrates the histories, cultures, and perspectives of Indigenous peoples and their ancestors who lived in America before European explorers arrived.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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Funding for basic research is distributed by the federal government through several agencies and institutes.—
Ryan Summers,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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In China, for one striking example, many individual scholars and academic institutes have pursued extensive and fascinating projects in the field.—
Josh Lambert,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Sep. 2025
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Shelton said that while sexualized hazing is commonly associated with college organizations like fraternities, it is also frequently observed in high school sports.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Two of the four were reported to have involved parties at UTC fraternities.—
Angele Latham,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Societies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/societies. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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