troupes

plural of troupe
as in troops
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 troupes Theater troupes passed through, and the local cinema promised a world beyond the town. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2026 By the 1990s, the building was home to community theaters, improv comedy troupes, touring shows, children’s theater classes and whatever else could fit. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026 Acrobatic troupes have materialized in other parts of the city. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026 School is back in session for thousands of Bay Area kids, which also means theater is back in session for many of our regional troupes. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026 Aerialist Beth Stavros performed on Downer Place, while other performers included Lisa Medina, cellist Adela Skowronski, belly dance troupes and Americana roots band Tank and the Beez. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 The dance is also well known in neighboring Singapore, thanks to visits by troupes from Java in the 1940s. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2026 The dancers move without much regard for the audience, and the performances can, at times, seem to be more for González’s troupes than the people watching them. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026 American patriotism; native, Spanish and Mexican roots On a Sunday afternoon in early May, troupes of dancers in San Elizario, Texas, turned the town plaza into a stage for a reenactment of 500 years of borderlands history. — Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026
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Noun
  • Another aircraft carrier and thousands of additional troops are also on their way to the Middle East.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The incident prompted El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, to deploy more than 2,000 troops to Haiti.
    — Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Teamsters Local 727 accused the parking companies of refusing to bargain in good faith and engaging in unfair labor practices.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Bianco declined to say how much the companies paid to acquire the property.
    — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026

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“Troupes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troupes. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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