1
as in organizations
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
a debate society
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as in civilizations
the way people live at a particular time and place
a pre-automobile society in which ordinary people rarely strayed far from home
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Recent Examples of societies
McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility Families, communities, and societies bear the deepest loss when mothers do not survive childbirth.
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Shelley Stewart Iii, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Studying history led Malthus to conclude that societies moved not in an ever-ascending line of progress but in cycles of expansion and decline.
—Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Experts from professional societies, in the past invited to advise committee members, have been barred from participating in work groups; five committee members were added to ACIP just days before today’s meeting.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
These are not abstract ideals but practical blueprints for building more just, democratic, and equitable societies.
—Mbongiseni Buthelezi, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
The study found that hunter-gatherer societies between 12,000 and 4,000 years ago practiced smoke-drying techniques to preserve the dead.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Each of these commitments comes nestled in a bramble of thorny questions that societies have been debating for the last, let’s round it off at, 250 years.
—Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
The memorandum outlines plans to evaluate integration pathways, conduct joint feasibility assessments, and engage with classification societies and regulators to prepare for deployment.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Tour organizers also will be collaborating with local partners for each screening like film societies, festivals, sports clubs and other groups.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Shelley Stewart Iii, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Studying history led Malthus to conclude that societies moved not in an ever-ascending line of progress but in cycles of expansion and decline.
—Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Experts from professional societies, in the past invited to advise committee members, have been barred from participating in work groups; five committee members were added to ACIP just days before today’s meeting.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
These are not abstract ideals but practical blueprints for building more just, democratic, and equitable societies.
—Mbongiseni Buthelezi, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
The study found that hunter-gatherer societies between 12,000 and 4,000 years ago practiced smoke-drying techniques to preserve the dead.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Each of these commitments comes nestled in a bramble of thorny questions that societies have been debating for the last, let’s round it off at, 250 years.
—Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
The memorandum outlines plans to evaluate integration pathways, conduct joint feasibility assessments, and engage with classification societies and regulators to prepare for deployment.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Tour organizers also will be collaborating with local partners for each screening like film societies, festivals, sports clubs and other groups.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for societies
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Experts who regularly advise the committee, and representatives from powerful organizations such as the American Medical Association, pushed back hard against such statements.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
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The news organizations reported that the vehicle is registered under d4vd's name.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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This time around, leaders are separated from their civilizations.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Some civilizations believed this lunar event had apocalyptic significance.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
5 Sep. 2025
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That means public institutions that fire workers for comments in their personal capacity may be violating their constitutional rights, experts told IndyStar.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
17 Sep. 2025
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That, in turn, impacts the rates these institutions charge for credit cards, loans and other financial products.—
Ryley Amond,Dan Avery,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Cycling and mixed-cycling groups, specifically, were more often men and those who had healthier lifestyles and physical conditions than their peers.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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As the subterranean situation deteriorates, the deceptions Max’s and Ane’s parents have been weaving since their own teen years to protect their egos and easy lives unravel along with their lavish aboveground lifestyles.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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Studies have found associations between exposure to some herbicides and pesticides and cancer, hormone disruption, and other acute and chronic health conditions.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Their social credit system tracks citizens across every domain — financial transactions, social media, personal associations.—
Tanner H. Jones,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Companies that consciously nurture civility build cultures of trust, creativity and resilience — and set their employees, businesses and the nation as a whole up for success.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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While some of these food trends had yet to fully emerge in 2015 when Good Culture launched, its co-founder and CEO Jesse Merrill, was well aware that cottage cheese was a perfect intersection of low sugar, high protein, nutrient-dense, and gut-healthy with its live and active cultures.—
Emma Sandler,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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In China, for one striking example, many individual scholars and academic institutes have pursued extensive and fascinating projects in the field.—
Josh Lambert,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Sep. 2025
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Furnas sees hope in the Senate’s July move to clap back at the president’s proposal to cut the NIH budget by 40%, instead proposing an increase in funding to the institutes by $400 million.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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Shelton said that while sexualized hazing is commonly associated with college organizations like fraternities, it is also frequently observed in high school sports.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Two of the four were reported to have involved parties at UTC fraternities.—
Angele Latham,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Societies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/societies. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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