as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
the wedding joined the two tribes together
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Recent Examples of tribe
The tribe had to pay for tow trucks to remove them—as well as for medical care for any smugglers and migrants who were injured in the area, and for autopsies for those who were found dead.
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Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
The history of Wilton Rancheria Wilton Rancheria has more than 1,600 citizens of mostly Miwok and Nisenan heritage, tribes Indigenous to the Sacramento region.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2026
The Navajo count 300,000-plus members among the tribe, second most populous in the United States behind only the Cherokee.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Over the following weeks, parties went ashore, explored, and found firewood and corn that the Nauset tribe had buried.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2026
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Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
The history of Wilton Rancheria Wilton Rancheria has more than 1,600 citizens of mostly Miwok and Nisenan heritage, tribes Indigenous to the Sacramento region.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2026
The Navajo count 300,000-plus members among the tribe, second most populous in the United States behind only the Cherokee.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Over the following weeks, parties went ashore, explored, and found firewood and corn that the Nauset tribe had buried.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tribe
Noun
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There are family-style rooms with bunk beds, suites with larger seating areas, single-bed rooms with window benches, A-frame lodges with sunken living spaces, and Blue Lagoon skincare and haircare in all of the bathrooms.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
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His family and campaign volunteers joined him for an election night party in his hometown of Jackson.—
Tia Mitchell,
AJC.com,
17 June 2026
Noun
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North West is no longer the baby of the Kardashian clan.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Francis Ford Coppola's career high mark gave audiences the American crime saga of the Corleone mafia family toward the end of the '50s, with Part II looking back on the criminal clan after Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) moves to the States from Sicily.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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The heatwave has been significant enough to prompt major fashion houses to accommodate last-minute schedule changes.—
Laure Guilbault,
Vogue,
23 June 2026
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In the Independence standoff in the 700 block of Brookside Avenue at what police believed to be Sanchez-Munoz’s primary residence, firefighters had to put out a blaze in the house, but the man was not located there.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2026
Noun
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The community center is home to a dozen free or low-cost programs geared toward folks who are otherwise underserved.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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So those are folks that just jump off on the radar for me.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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“Tribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tribe. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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