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
From its rich literary and spoken word scene to such theater troupes as Word for Word, there is no shortage of opportunities to embrace those artists offering to transport us to a different place and time.
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Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
The family festival and artisan faire celebrated German culture with live entertainment, including Bavarian music and dance troupes, German food, international refreshments, two beer gardens and a marketplace with 125 local artisan vendors.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
The 43 year old has created multiple burlesque troupes with heavy metal and David Lynch themes, as well as a disco band and drag show credits to her name.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
An extension of the more formal Edinburgh International Festival, which runs concurrently, the Fringe began at the same time, in 1947, when a collection of theater troupes, excluded from the main festival, formed their own guerrilla program instead.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2025
Over the next decade, she was cast in productions at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, Friar’s Dinner Theater in Minneapolis and other local troupes.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 5 Aug. 2025
Their sacrifices opened a world of experiences to me, including studying abroad, performing with acting and dance troupes all over Europe, and eventually translating Italian TV scripts for a Georgian channel—all before college.
—Tamar Gakharia, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Lectures and entertainment — such as local dance troupes and movie nights — are held at the elegant Raj of India lounge, which is also a wonderful place for reading or playing a board game with new friends.
—Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Besides producing a four-show season of its own, Ground Floor hosts other troupes such as the Austin Rainbow Theatre.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
The family festival and artisan faire celebrated German culture with live entertainment, including Bavarian music and dance troupes, German food, international refreshments, two beer gardens and a marketplace with 125 local artisan vendors.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
The 43 year old has created multiple burlesque troupes with heavy metal and David Lynch themes, as well as a disco band and drag show credits to her name.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
An extension of the more formal Edinburgh International Festival, which runs concurrently, the Fringe began at the same time, in 1947, when a collection of theater troupes, excluded from the main festival, formed their own guerrilla program instead.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2025
Over the next decade, she was cast in productions at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, Friar’s Dinner Theater in Minneapolis and other local troupes.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 5 Aug. 2025
Their sacrifices opened a world of experiences to me, including studying abroad, performing with acting and dance troupes all over Europe, and eventually translating Italian TV scripts for a Georgian channel—all before college.
—Tamar Gakharia, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Lectures and entertainment — such as local dance troupes and movie nights — are held at the elegant Raj of India lounge, which is also a wonderful place for reading or playing a board game with new friends.
—Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Besides producing a four-show season of its own, Ground Floor hosts other troupes such as the Austin Rainbow Theatre.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troupes
Noun
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Truckloads of cookies were unloaded Wednesday afternoon at the Shelly Ridge Service Center in Lafayette Hill, where thousands of boxes will be distributed to local Girl Scout troops ahead of sales beginning next week.—
Madeleine Wright,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The annual fundraiser gives troops the opportunity to sell boxes for their troop and develop life skills like goal-setting, decision-making, money management and business ethics.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Jan. 2026
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Every January, companies from around the world gather to flaunt new technologies, products and services.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Thinking globally and acting locally means electing people of vision, not people who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag without a lobbyist lighting their way under the table, or down the wrong path where for-profit companies rule and teachers are scapegoated for society's failures.—
SHELLEY SMITH SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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