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
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
People often came to see the show again and again and return with their mom, or sorority sisters, or childhood best friends, and more.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 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
People often came to see the show again and again and return with their mom, or sorority sisters, or childhood best friends, and more.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorority
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Alpha Sigma Phi’s national organization has also placed the chapter on an interim suspension, the fraternity’s CEO Gordy Heminger said in a statement to Fox News Digital.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Similarly, fraternity Sigma Chi and sorority Pi Beta Phi each sell dozens of Comfort Colors shirts in their online shops.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
19 Oct. 2025
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But last week, the company was declared a transnational criminal organization by United States authorities, and Chen was charged in absentia in New York with money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy, along with several associates.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The organization provides educational scholarships to the spouses and children of falling or disabled military service members and first responders.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 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
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A lot of a lack of brotherhood and in so many different instances.—
Kyle Eustice,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
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Across decades, the two young men grow and evolve together – from acting school to the grandest stages – amid scandals and glory, brotherhood and betrayals, as each pushes to become the greatest living Kabuki master.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Whether or not Takaichi's administration is as tough on immigration issues as her campaign rhetoric suggests, some observers warn that failing to actively invest in and integrate foreign nationals into society will have lasting harm on Asia’s second-largest economy.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The criminal operations have gone largely unchallenged in Cambodia due to the complete dismantling in recent years of the country’s civil society and independent media.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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