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
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to pull its troops back from four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed in September 2022 but has never fully captured.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
  • However, Ukraine's figures come on the heels of Russian government data that was reportedly hacked from statistics department Rosstat indicating that as many as 450,000 Russian troops have been killed since the war started on February 24, 2022.
    — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 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 12 Nov. 2026.

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