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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
While the fatalities have occurred along the Central Coast and in Northern California, the phenomenon has prompted concerns and discussions among mycological societies and amateur foragers across the Golden State.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
In Islamic societies, particularly during the Ottoman Empire, the word described separate living quarters for the female members of a household, which outsiders were prohibited from accessing.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Indigenous matriarchal societies expressed spatial information through different forms of cartography.
—Melinda Laituri, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
Last week 12 medical societies rejected the CDC’s new schedule and instead endorsed the AAP’s guidance.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2026
Journal editors and professional societies can take early steps by adding a few positionality items to existing disclosure forms for psychedelic work and by asking authors to state briefly how experiential conflicts and role separation were handled in their trials.
—Ian Reardon, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
Against this backdrop, there is growing recognition that behavioral and brain health are not simply healthcare concerns, but foundational infrastructure for resilient societies and economies.
—CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
At a time when climate change is an accelerating force reshaping economies, politics, societies, and lives, the lack of climate agenda is confounding.
—Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The societies that can advance to the frontiers of the productive power that capitalism unleashes while maintaining their coherence and élan advance to the front of the race for international status and power.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
In Islamic societies, particularly during the Ottoman Empire, the word described separate living quarters for the female members of a household, which outsiders were prohibited from accessing.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Indigenous matriarchal societies expressed spatial information through different forms of cartography.
—Melinda Laituri, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
Last week 12 medical societies rejected the CDC’s new schedule and instead endorsed the AAP’s guidance.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2026
Journal editors and professional societies can take early steps by adding a few positionality items to existing disclosure forms for psychedelic work and by asking authors to state briefly how experiential conflicts and role separation were handled in their trials.
—Ian Reardon, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
Against this backdrop, there is growing recognition that behavioral and brain health are not simply healthcare concerns, but foundational infrastructure for resilient societies and economies.
—CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
At a time when climate change is an accelerating force reshaping economies, politics, societies, and lives, the lack of climate agenda is confounding.
—Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The societies that can advance to the frontiers of the productive power that capitalism unleashes while maintaining their coherence and élan advance to the front of the race for international status and power.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for societies
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Summers is a former treasury secretary and Harvard University president who has been ostracized from a number of organizations after Epstein files made public earlier showed his close relationship with Epstein.—
MEG KINNARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Many colleges host online platforms, including Handshake, that allow organizations to post jobs targeting new college graduates.—
Micki Meyer,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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Instead, vast structures would be deployed around a host star, allowing these hypothetical civilizations to expand far into the cosmos.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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High school students are likely to learn about the Inca, Maya and Aztec civilizations as representatives of pre-Columbian Latin America.—
Ana L. Ros,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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It is reassigned — from institutions designed to manage it to the public, which never agreed to assume it.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Each of the 65 houses and institutions will be represented by a shipping crate showcasing a significant item.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Technically, the firm moved its coverage to its active lifestyles team, but with a higher rating and price target.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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Traditional lifestyles, organic foods, and wellness were hip, and like most things that were in vogue in the 2010s, they were coded politically as left-wing.—
Annie Levin,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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Prior to this, in 2022, his mother – the late Queen Elizabeth II – revoked her second son's military associations and royal patronages in the wake of Giuffre's September 2021 lawsuit, which was later settled for an undisclosed sum.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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But these associations were purely intellectual.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2026
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My path has crossed languages and cultures, continents and genres, sometimes gracefully, sometimes a little painfully, but always guided by curiosity and deep faith in cinema.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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For this most prestigious honor of the Those Who Excel awards, recipients have demonstrated a significant commitment to equity and student success, regularly collaborate to create positive school cultures and serve as lifelong learners who inspire the broader community, according to the ISBE.—
Pioneer Press,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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The recent 62-mile demonstration aligns with earlier research conducted by independent institutes in other countries, which have been reported by Interesting Engineering.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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One of the science community’s biggest concerns has been disruptions in the flow of grant funding to universities and institutes from the NIH, the agency responsible for funneling federal dollars into biomedical and life sciences research.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
4 Feb. 2026
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Members from all nine historically African-American fraternities and sororities that make up the Divine Nine attended the event.—
Eva Remijan-Toba,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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Nearly every president and vice president since social fraternities were founded has been a member.—
Anthony V. Mack,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Societies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/societies. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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