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as in affiliate
a local unit of an organization our chapter was well represented at the Jaycees' national convention

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as in stage
an individual part of a process, series, or ranking a horror movie that marks a new chapter in vicarious sadism

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Recent Examples of chapter The book opens up with a short chapter on what all the sections mean with some clarifcations on what goes where. Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 In other parts of Just Beyond the Light, Blythe uses a stay at the Chelsea Hotel in New York to ruminate on songwriting and other forms of creativity, while the chapter before laments the epidemic of school shootings in the United States and the lack of effective measures to prevent them. Gary Graff, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2025 According to Mother Monster herself, however, fans shouldn't give up hope for the iconic music video's next chapter. Jack Irvin, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025 The group planned the ship’s final chapter so that its legacy could continue, albeit in a different setting. Isabelle Taft, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chapter
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Noun
  • Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers will have access to stream live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service, as well as on demand.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Alibaba became the target of an intense regulatory crackdown by Beijing, which began in 2020 when the company’s financial technology affiliate Ant Group was forced by regulators to cancel its initial public offering.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
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  • During the system’s seventh test mission on Jan. 16, SpaceX similarly lost communication with the vehicle’s upper stage after about 8 minutes.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • There’s also a Matchbox movie with John Cena that’s currently filming in Budapest, and a long list of projects in various stages of development.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In these lucky cases, natural biological processes seem to allow the normal cells to overtake the abnormal ones.
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Homocysteine is also involved in a function of living cells known as the one-carbon pathway, and further study revealed differences in genes related to this metabolic function between the two groups of astronauts.
    Neil Savage, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
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  • In Meyer’s case, healing is possible, and creating a safe, stable environment is the first step.
    Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The first step involves identifying and understanding the target audience.
    Zoryana Zagorodnya, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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  • The Israeli statement came after weekend negotiations regarding phase 2 of the ceasefire in Cairo, Egypt.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The expiration of the first phase of the ceasefire coincided with the first day of Ramadan.
    Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 2 Mar. 2025
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  • Then a 3-pointer over Celtics 7-1 center Luke Kornet — just inches from the Nets’ bench — confirmed what his teammates suspected.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The storms are packing quarter-sized hail (1 inch).
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2025
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  • Max Christie scored at least 15 points in each of his first seven games with the Mavericks.
    Stan Son, The Athletic, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Prime minister Narendra Modi arrived at Bharat Tex mid-event, on Feb. 16, returning after his meeting with President Trump in Washington D.C, and established the point further.
    Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2025
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  • Hell breaks loose when one of the Mickeys is presumed dead and a replacement duplicate tries to take his place.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
  • At the time, Honest Tea was packaged in a 16.9 ounce bottle (500 ml), which meant our Honey Green tea, which had 70 calories, was going to be banned while a 200-calorie Snapple Peach Tea in a 16 ounce bottle would keep its place on the shelf.
    Seth Goldman, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2025

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“Chapter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chapter. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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