as in ensemble
an organized group of stage performers
I desperately want to join our regional theater's acting troupe and perhaps get a lead role
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Recent Examples of troupe
Friends, including Chattermax, Unicorse and a troupe of Grannies, will also make an appearance.
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Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026
The troupe, which included Judi Dench and Emma Thompson, took off and soon the company was performing around the UK and in the West End.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Ana Dumitrescu stars as a young Romanian woman who moves to France to work for a bourgeois family and joins an amateur theater troupe adapting Mirbeau’s novel for the stage.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
The story follows a struggling Vietnamese comedian who recruits a troupe of improv actors to shoot a low-budget Thai horror film, hoping to resurrect his flagging career, only for genuine supernatural forces to descend on the production.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
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Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026
The troupe, which included Judi Dench and Emma Thompson, took off and soon the company was performing around the UK and in the West End.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Ana Dumitrescu stars as a young Romanian woman who moves to France to work for a bourgeois family and joins an amateur theater troupe adapting Mirbeau’s novel for the stage.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
The story follows a struggling Vietnamese comedian who recruits a troupe of improv actors to shoot a low-budget Thai horror film, hoping to resurrect his flagging career, only for genuine supernatural forces to descend on the production.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troupe
Noun
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Paradise isn’t beating the time-travel or alternate-universe allegations anytime soon, not with Doherty’s character being such a mysterious addition to its ensemble.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Around them, however, the ensemble has a more difficult time coming into focus.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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American officials are now weighing adding about 10,000 more troops to the Middle East as some speculate a ground invasion could be coming.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Iran fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at the base Friday, injuring at least 15 troops, five of them seriously.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Just days after floating the idea of using verification to differentiate human and bot accounts, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on Wednesday announced measures the company will take to execute its plans.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
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Production of air rifles kept the company, ZVS Holding AS, largely afloat.—
Daniel Hornak,
Bloomberg,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Troupe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troupe. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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