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as in cartels
a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage
a powerful banking syndicate that controls loans in the small country
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Recent Examples of syndicates
Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
For one, the Madlanga Commission — set up to investigate whether criminal syndicates and political actors have burrowed into the police, intelligence, and prosecutorial services — is due to submit its interim report at the end of May.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026
As with other criminal syndicates, the cartel has long oiled the gears of corruption with bribes.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Greg began creating and submitting comic strip ideas to syndicates, collecting an impressive pile of rejection slips.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
The criminal syndicates refitted their properties as centres where teams of workers – often trafficked and coerced – run online scams at scale.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 12 Apr. 2026
Caleb Davies, another Kalshi trader who has earned $389,000 in culture markets over the past two years, says that the absence of financial organizations or syndicates of traders with big money allows knowledgeable traders to profit off of people who simply bet on their faves.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
The four-hour epic by by Aditya Dahr is the sequel to Dhurandhar ($20 million in North American) and stars Ranveer Singh as an undercover Indian intelligence agent working to infiltrate Pakistani politics and Karachi’s criminal syndicates.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2026
The mining gangs are often armed and violent in protecting their territory and are controlled by criminal syndicates, authorities say.
—ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Criminal syndicates The consequences extend far beyond South America.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
For one, the Madlanga Commission — set up to investigate whether criminal syndicates and political actors have burrowed into the police, intelligence, and prosecutorial services — is due to submit its interim report at the end of May.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026
As with other criminal syndicates, the cartel has long oiled the gears of corruption with bribes.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Greg began creating and submitting comic strip ideas to syndicates, collecting an impressive pile of rejection slips.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
The criminal syndicates refitted their properties as centres where teams of workers – often trafficked and coerced – run online scams at scale.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 12 Apr. 2026
Caleb Davies, another Kalshi trader who has earned $389,000 in culture markets over the past two years, says that the absence of financial organizations or syndicates of traders with big money allows knowledgeable traders to profit off of people who simply bet on their faves.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
The four-hour epic by by Aditya Dahr is the sequel to Dhurandhar ($20 million in North American) and stars Ranveer Singh as an undercover Indian intelligence agent working to infiltrate Pakistani politics and Karachi’s criminal syndicates.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2026
The mining gangs are often armed and violent in protecting their territory and are controlled by criminal syndicates, authorities say.
—ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for syndicates
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Suffice to say, the comedians are soon way over their head and find themselves in the middle of a war between rival gangs.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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An outbreak of violence by warring gangs has led to the deaths of at least 80 people, according to human rights advocates, and forced the temporary suspension of operations at both Médecins Sans Frontières’ health facility in Cité Soleil, and Centre Hospitalier de Fontaine.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2026
Noun
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The annual loss of billions of dollars in human smuggling fees has forced corporate-sized crime rings in Mexico, known as cartels, to pivot to other means of profit, including fentanyl and other drugs.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
17 May 2026
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And then with this new administration and new focus on the Mexican cartels, superseding indictment was handed down just in March where this scheme and the people who own this shop were involved in aiding terrorism because these cartels have been designated as foreign terrorists.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Still, proponents argue deep-sea mining may be less damaging than land mining, which contributes to massive habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, and toxic contamination of water sources.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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Under the program, LRS contributes $25,000 to the fund annually per its garbage contract with the city.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Two of the largest cookware conglomerates in the world are suing a six-year-old startup over claims of false advertising in regard to non-stick cookware.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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Consumers are increasingly pulling away from conspicuous logos and toward craftsmanship, longevity and emotional durability — categories where smaller independent labels often outperform conglomerates culturally, even if not financially.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Carroll, 29, of Denver is the founder and CEO of Wedding Weekender, a service that rents out camcorders to couples to capture their weddings and also edits footage into video clips for them.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
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Sharper rewrites and edits to plot points would have offered a more succinct narrative, allowing the comedic tone to shine through.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
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Gutfeld, however, has the major advantage of airing in the earlier primetime window, where more viewers are simply awake and tuning in across all networks.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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Built from complex networks of sometimes more than 100 different types of neurons, retinal tissue consumes two to three times more energy than the same mass of typical brain tissue.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
13 May 2026
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Davis owns and runs Cambria, a private Minnesota company that manufactures the quartz used for kitchen and bathroom countertops.—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
17 May 2026
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TransPak, by the way, manufactures custom shipping packaging, including crates.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
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Wallace is particularly troubled by how quickly hantavirus was incorporated into the COVID-era health conspiracies and the distrust in public health authorities that still thrive in certain online ecosystems.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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In Russia, indulging in such conspiracies is often less an exercise in political prediction than an expression of deeper anxieties that can be otherwise hard to express.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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“Syndicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syndicates. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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