as in ensemble
an organized group of stage performers
I desperately want to join our regional theater's acting troupe and perhaps get a lead role
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Recent Examples of troupe
For this is the location of the Performing Garage, home for nearly half a century to that most storied of experimental theater troupes in New York, the Wooster Group.
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Ben Brantley, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Just as screen legend Buster Keaton got his start as a child on the vaudeville stage as part of his family’s traveling troupe, so too has Kenan Thompson molded and expanded on his comedy from a very young age.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Apr. 2025
The Hartford Improv Festival concludes with six performances comprising of dozens of improv troupes plus several workshops in a single day.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2025
Akiva Schaffer, one of the masterminds behind digital and film comedy troupe The Lonely Island, takes the director’s chair.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
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Ben Brantley, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Just as screen legend Buster Keaton got his start as a child on the vaudeville stage as part of his family’s traveling troupe, so too has Kenan Thompson molded and expanded on his comedy from a very young age.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Apr. 2025
The Hartford Improv Festival concludes with six performances comprising of dozens of improv troupes plus several workshops in a single day.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2025
Akiva Schaffer, one of the masterminds behind digital and film comedy troupe The Lonely Island, takes the director’s chair.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troupe
Noun
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In sport as in war and education, there was a moralism and fundamental masculinity associated with the band ensemble.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Apr. 2025
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Accompanied by two female backup singers wearing cowboy hats, a trumpet player and Grupo Frontera’s signature ensemble of accordion, keyboards and guitars, the band delivered a dynamic and cohesive performance.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Justice Department has said that the Pentagon does not have data on service members by gender identity, but a defense official said that as of Dec. 9, there were about 4,200 troops who had been diagnosed with gender dysphoria.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2025
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In January, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said over 200,000 troops would be required.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Open for just 24 hours, starting April 24, the project is meant to humanize the harms of social media use among young children and call for governments and private companies to act urgently to protect online spaces for young users.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Read in English Post The Trump administration’s rapid escalation of a trade war with China has forced many companies to rethink their dependence on Chinese goods and access to the Chinese market—and face the prospect that the world’s two largest economies might be breaking up.—
Thomas Stackpole,
Harvard Business Review,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Troupe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troupe. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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