Thesaurus results for COLLEGES

colleges

noun

plural of college

as in organizations

a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest a college of craftsmen dedicated to preserving the traditional crafts of Appalachia

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Recent Examples of colleges Some colleges and universities limit parking for lower class years. — Chris Teague, AJC.com, 3 July 2026 Like at many private colleges, athletics are a major driver of enrollment at Ursuline. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026 Their colleges accepted Black and female students before the Civil War. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026 Like national, state, and local governments, the Colonial colleges have been highlighting their contributions to the country’s founding. — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026 This platform also lays out a wealth tax, which includes raising taxes for the richest earners, for-profit corporations, large inheritances, and private colleges and universities. — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026 Over time, colleges have steadily reduced the number of objective benchmarks available for comparing applicants while increasing the role of institutional judgment. — Scott White, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 That’s similar to PPIC’s findings, which revealed that students at public colleges — including public California universities — are less likely to take out student loans. — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

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Dias said that backers of noncitizen voting need to build a broad coalition — grassroots organizations, election officials, lawyers for the city — before taking the proposal to voters.

— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
The prince is the official royal patron of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and also the Patron of the Football Association (FA), England's governing body for soccer organizations.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Definition of organizations

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This swept away Iran’s monarchy and birthed a state that is part theocracy, part republic, with a handful of semi-democratic institutions swaddled by a system that is ultimately clerical.

— Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Many of the same institutions and organizations that offer classes are also looking for teachers.

— Amanda Gardner, Martha Stewart, 5 July 2026

Definition of institutions

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Each year, Congress apportions funds to individual institutes within NIH based on what lawmakers deem most critical to the public.

— Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 27 June 2026
The company has 23 quantum systems installed at research institutes, enterprises, and high-performance computing centers and understands the need and urgency for fault-tolerant quantum computers.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026

Definition of institutes

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To mitigate the financial impact, players’ associations usually create a lockout fund that pays players a portion of their salary during a work stoppage.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 July 2026
These non-profit associations focus on every imaginable issue and activity, and reflect the widely divergent views of our population.

— Michael Posner, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of associations

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But even as democratic governments have become more proficient and more technologically adept at thwarting terrorists, some in our societies have become insensitive, or even callous, about the civilizational consequences of terror and violence.

— Anne Neuberger, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Many industrial societies are facing aging populations, tightening labor markets and growing shortages of skilled workers.

— Arungalai Anbarasu, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of societies

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While fraternities and sororities often have their own chapter gatherings and organizational conferences, the picnic creates a space where members from different organizations can come together in a more informal setting.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
Members of five historically Black fraternities and sororities will be able to request Michigan license plates featuring their organization's logo.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of fraternities

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The most recognizable are Semana Santa, or Holy Week, processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
The most recognizable are Holy Week processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands.

— Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026

Definition of brotherhoods

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Key Background Republicans will be defending slim majorities in both chambers of Congress come November.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Amending the Constitution would take a two-thirds majority in both chambers of Congress ratification by three-quarters of the states.

— Emily Chang, ABC News, 30 June 2026

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