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also gild
as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
after his apprenticeship, he was able to join the stonemasons' guild
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Recent Examples of guild
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has now reached four-year agreements with all three of the major above-the-line guilds.
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Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
10 June 2026
The guild is featuring low cost classes for members and the community.
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News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2026
Try planting a ring of parsley around the trunks of apple trees as part of a fruit guild, or grow a few parsley plants in pots and move them beneath the trees when the parsley starts flowering.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 May 2026
The guild represents a multi-generational group of women residing in Anaheim Hills, Yorba Linda, Brea and Placentia.
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Sharon Hlapcich,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for guild
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
10 June 2026
The guild is featuring low cost classes for members and the community.
—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2026
Try planting a ring of parsley around the trunks of apple trees as part of a fruit guild, or grow a few parsley plants in pots and move them beneath the trees when the parsley starts flowering.
—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 May 2026
The guild represents a multi-generational group of women residing in Anaheim Hills, Yorba Linda, Brea and Placentia.
—
Sharon Hlapcich,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for guild
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guild
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The organization warned that as search-and-rescue teams begin to scale back operations, humanitarian needs—particularly food, medical care and protection services—could intensify rather than diminish.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the world’s largest professional MMA organization.
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The average American consumes about 20 pounds — almost 4 gallons — of ice cream each year, the association also reported.
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However, if future disappointment is to be avoided, something will need to change not just at the national level but also within Asian soccer’s governing association.
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Casa Bonita has been a Denver institution for more than 50 years.
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The surge also did considerable damage to the buildings within the surge zone, 85% of which were residential buildings, according to New York University's Furman Center, an empirical research institution.
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Steinbeck creates a microcosm of American society, where disability, gender, race and class are all represented and shaped by an economic hierarchy.
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The comments sorted themselves into camps, each revealing something interesting about how our society has come to think about motherhood, sacrifice and raising children.
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The institute found that if current enrollment and completion rates continue, most California 9th graders will not earn a bachelor’s degree.
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More than 20 sites across Kyiv were hit, including residential apartment blocks, a hotel, a research institute and an ambulance station.
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The warning is the second issued by UCSB police since May, when an 18-year-old freshman reported she was raped and strangled after meeting a man at a Sigma Pi fraternity party before returning to her dorm at Tropicana Gardens in Isla Vista.
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While fraternities and sororities often have their own chapter gatherings and organizational conferences, the picnic creates a space where members from different organizations can come together in a more informal setting.
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Strapping into a hyperbaric oxygen chamber is a unique experience for the average person.
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The five-day special session was dominated by a heated debate over property taxes, an extension of a yearslong dispute roiling Democrats and the Republicans who control both chambers.
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The cap’s crown is decorated with three clasping hands symbolizing unity and brotherhood.
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Grateful for that eternal brotherhood.
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“Guild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guild. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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