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sisterhoods

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plural of sisterhood

as in sororities

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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 sororities

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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

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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

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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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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
Like at many private colleges, athletics are a major driver of enrollment at Ursuline.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of colleges

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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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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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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

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