1
as in organizations
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
they're a brotherhood of retired war veterans
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as in fraternities
the body of people in a profession or field of activity
a family that has been part of the brotherhood of police officers for four generations
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Recent Examples of brotherhoods
Over this week, 61 Catholic brotherhoods snake through the city along the official parade route to Seville's Gothic cathedral and then back to their home churches.
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Alexis Marshall, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
Those meaningful bonds, or brotherhoods, are constantly at risk of being curtailed.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Alexis Marshall, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
Those meaningful bonds, or brotherhoods, are constantly at risk of being curtailed.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brotherhoods
Noun
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The court recommended that the petition be dismissed, and that the organizations be given one month to submit the employee lists.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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The tech giant has also committed to investments in schools and nonprofit organizations in Richland Parish, as well as more than $300 million to help improve local infrastructure, from roads to wastewater management.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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Some time after the group formed, Mellencamp signed on as the band’s second singer and performed with them at school dances, sock hops, fraternities, and battle of the bands competitions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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Numerous other fraternities and a handful of sororities have received probation and warnings for hazing in the period from 2018 through the spring 2025 semester.—
Matthew Kelly
April 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026
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These are associations across multiple studies, not clinical guarantees, but the directional signal is consistent.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2026
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Instead, private entities known as state guaranty associations collect money from insurers to cover policyholders’ losses.—
Gretchen Morgenson,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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In the second round against the Sabres, the Canadiens adapted to a highly mobile and skilled defense corps that regularly jumped into the rush and made life miserable defensively.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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Williams provided some big plays in the Patriots’ wide receiver corps last season but hopes to stay more consistent in Year 2.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
20 May 2026
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But what about our societies now?—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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Pratchett uses both characters to explore the gap between true leadership and mere politicking, suggesting that societies need ideals of justice but frown on the people who step up to enforce them.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2026
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Other tech leaders have voiced fears that the viral spread of AI would detonate jobs across the ranks of professional, managerial and administrative professions by automating human tasks.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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Slok has noted professions like call center employees and radiologists, both with roles vulnerable to automation, have remained steady or increased despite wider AI adoption.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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And the issue with that is that political parties and political institutions have been in decay across the Western world for decades.—
Sean Woods,
Rolling Stone,
25 May 2026
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Public-health institutions globally emerged weakened and politically polarized.—
Steve Brozak,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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The new recommendation differs from the other institutes like the American Society of Breast Surgeons and the American College of Radiology/Society of Breast Imaging, which call for annual mammography screenings, typically starting at age 40.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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Over the past decade, universities and research institutes all over the world have worked together to accelerate the scientific understanding of cellular biology, including its support of large-scale data generation projects such as the benchmark cell maps for humans and other organisms.—
Priscilla Chan,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Brotherhoods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brotherhoods. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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