Thesaurus results for ORGANIZATION

organization

noun

ˌȯr-gə-nə-ˈzā-shən

Definition of organization

as in association

a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest an organization of people devoted to promoting world peace

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Recent Examples of organization For the first time, DCLA points out in an Instagram post, the budget includes a Cultural Stability Fund to prop up struggling arts organizations. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 2 July 2026 The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the world’s largest professional MMA organization. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 Plowden spent time with the New Orleans Pelicans, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Hawks organizations before signing a two-way contract with the Kings last summer. — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026 Among the recipients are several food banks in New York, Los Angeles, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Missouri, as well as the national organization Feeding America. — Bryan West, USA Today, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for organization

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Noun

The average American consumes about 20 pounds — almost 4 gallons — of ice cream each year, the association also reported.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
However, if future disappointment is to be avoided, something will need to change not just at the national level but also within Asian soccer’s governing association.

— Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of association

Noun

Casa Bonita has been a Denver institution for more than 50 years.

— Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
The surge also did considerable damage to the buildings within the surge zone, 85% of which were residential buildings, according to New York University's Furman Center, an empirical research institution.

— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 July 2026

Definition of institution

Noun

The institute found that if current enrollment and completion rates continue, most California 9th graders will not earn a bachelor’s degree.

— Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
More than 20 sites across Kyiv were hit, including residential apartment blocks, a hotel, a research institute and an ambulance station.

— Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 2 July 2026

Definition of institute

Noun

What begins as a history play transforms into a sharp-eyed satire about the cost of assimilation in a society where money, power and white privilege remain stubbornly intertwined.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
This transition caused society to contend with both the benefits and dangers of our new technology.

— Will Marshall, Time, 7 July 2026

Definition of society

Noun

The warning is the second issued by UCSB police since May, when an 18-year-old freshman reported she was raped and strangled after meeting a man at a Sigma Pi fraternity party before returning to her dorm at Tropicana Gardens in Isla Vista.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
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

Definition of fraternity

Noun

There's no realistic way that a constitutional amendment that controversial — which requires two-thirds approval from both chambers and three-fourths of the states to ratify — could pass in this Congress.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Lilting piano follows her through the darkness of the castle’s chambers.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of chamber

Noun

Prosecutors accused the group of transporting unaccompanied children between the ages of 5 and 13 from Juárez, Mexico, into the United States.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Large friendship groups can be a really cool experience, but can also pose challenges in terms of the depths of intimacy that can be cultivated with each person.

— Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 2 July 2026

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