as in fraternity
a club of women especially at a U.S. college
She wanted to join the sorority because all of her friends were members.
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Recent Examples of sorority
After successfully setting up events in Paris, Cannes and Guinea, the French film and culture sorority Girls Supports Girls will be expanding its international reach with a new initiative in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Emily is the maddest of the Housewives Katie Haters sorority, and after a bit of shouting back and forth Tamra ditches the crowd on her patio and heads to the kitchen.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 3 Oct. 2025
Natalie Zutter recommends some spooky season SFF featuring cannibal sororities, butterfly girl gangs, and more!
—Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2025
One example is last year's collaboration between the drink brand Poppi and an entire University of Austin sorority.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Emily is the maddest of the Housewives Katie Haters sorority, and after a bit of shouting back and forth Tamra ditches the crowd on her patio and heads to the kitchen.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 3 Oct. 2025
Natalie Zutter recommends some spooky season SFF featuring cannibal sororities, butterfly girl gangs, and more!
—Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2025
One example is last year's collaboration between the drink brand Poppi and an entire University of Austin sorority.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorority
Noun
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Yousef Erakat, who portrays fraternity brother Jonathan, has kept his love life private.—
Ariana Quihuiz,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Rutgers previously reported the fraternity had been issued a cease-and-desist order and placed on disciplinary probation in connection with the incident.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Employees who have positive AI experiences become AI advocates, driving organic adoption throughout the organization.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Power of Cinema Award honors an individual or organization whose actions through storytelling have advanced the significance and social relevance of film in today’s modern culture.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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And yet, the same could be said whenever the trio is on a bill at a jam-band show, jazz night, or some blues club.—
Garret K. Woodward,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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The club simply dominated for nearly the first five months of the season, only to suffer the largest single collapse in major league history, blowing a 15 1/2-game lead on July 8 to lose the AL Central Division pennant to the Cleveland Guardians.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Yennefer is back with the sisterhood formerly known as the brotherhood, but things aren't going super-well for the magical mavens, decimated in ranks by the evil Vilgefortz (Mahesh Jadu) and hated by the public for, well, reasons.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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But since their start through a 2022 audition program &AUDITION-The Howling, the nine members have proven that their story is anything but simple — a journey of passion, challenge and brotherhood.—
Billboard Korea,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Authorities say that one of the main goals of 764 and similar networks is to sow chaos and bring down society.—
Mike Levine,
ABC News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement This article is part of TIME Longevity, an editorial platform dedicated to exploring how and why people are living longer and what this means for individuals, institutions, and the future of society.—
Dominique Mosbergen,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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The organization taps a multidisciplinary group of physicians, scientists, chemists, engineers, epidemiologists, economists, psychologists, statisticians, sociologists, and community members to turn scientific discovery into actionable knowledge.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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More on why environmental groups are concerned.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Sorority.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorority. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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