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 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 The celebrated musicians, the eclectic writers, the artist troupes, the lumberjacks, the magicians. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 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 Throngs of people gather to watch troupes perform ballet over the hum of violin strings, twirl to Hindi music in traditional Indian dress, and even stomp to heavy metal. Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2026
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Noun
  • More than 20,000 soldiers and police forces were deployed for elections, while troops carrying long guns patrolled roadsides.
    Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Non-citizen recruits and Hispanic troops are not the same population.
    Steven Beynon, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • But faster growth clearly is key to addressing city government’s structural deficits and the fiscal woes that scare too many investors and companies away from doing business here for fear of far higher taxes in the future.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The companies hope the approach will enable smaller processing facilities that consume less energy and cost less to operate.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026

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“Troupes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troupes. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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