Thesaurus results for TROUPES

troupes

noun

plural of troupe

as in troops

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 troupes American patriotism; native, Spanish and Mexican roots On a Sunday afternoon in early May, troupes of dancers in San Elizario, Texas, turned the town plaza into a stage for a reenactment of 500 years of borderlands history. —

Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026 Throngs of people gather to watch troupes perform ballet over the hum of violin strings, twirl to Hindi music in traditional Indian dress, and even stomp to heavy metal. —

Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2026 There will be bands performing traditional and contemporary Greek music and youth dance troupes in traditional folk costumes along with a kids fun zone, church tours and vendor shopping. —

Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026 The entire thing is a beautifully chaotic blank canvas for Sacramento’s music community to collaborate and mishmash within itself, to forge a platoon of one-off troupes and ramshackle supergroups — check out some prior videos on the event’s Instagram. —

Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026 Today, seven all-female troupes ride among some 300 male ones. —

Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026 The music is built around three types of drums — chico, repique and piano — and reaches its peak during carnival each February, when dozens of musical troupes called comparsas parade through the streets. —

ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026 Most weeks at the theater troupes hail from Connecticut, New York and around New England. —

Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026 While Timothée Chalamet has been met with tomatoes over his dismissive comments about live performance, several troupes are extending an olive branch. —

Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Currently, more than 4,000 National Guard troops remain deployed in the District.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 3 July 2026
There are construction cranes, National Guard troops, and portable restrooms everywhere.

— Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

Definition of troops

Noun

From candy makers to bakers and wedding favor brands, people and companies around the world appear to be capitalizing on what could be the biggest wedding of the era.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald How did a 19th-century Japanese playing-card manufacturer become one of the most influential companies in the entertainment world, asks Stephen Bush in the FT.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 July 2026