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as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
a firm believer in community service and a dedicated member of the local fraternity of Good Samaritans
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as in profession
the body of people in a profession or field of activity
the fraternity of civil engineers
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Recent Examples of fraternity
Mason Greve, of Valparaiso, commuted for his first three years and lived in a fraternity house his final year.
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025
Worn by graduating seniors, athletes, and fraternity members, varsity jackets have long been a fashionable choice for bold expression on campus.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The theme of fraternity ran through his entire pontificate with vibrant tones.
—Abc News, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2025
At campuses across our country, data show members of fraternities and sororities are a credit to their institutions.
—Wynn Smiley, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025
Worn by graduating seniors, athletes, and fraternity members, varsity jackets have long been a fashionable choice for bold expression on campus.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The theme of fraternity ran through his entire pontificate with vibrant tones.
—Abc News, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2025
At campuses across our country, data show members of fraternities and sororities are a credit to their institutions.
—Wynn Smiley, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraternity
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About one-third of Americans still believed the election was stolen from Trump in Sept. 2023 and a majority of the believers are Republican, according to a survey of about 2,500 adults from the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization Public Religion Research Institute.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Lead by Experimentation: Signal to your organization that learning matters more than immediate perfection.—
Kathleen Walch,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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And in Hoskin’s view, that is true for all professions.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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The 31-year-old attorney from Brooklyn, New York, kept his profession a secret from the other players throughout the game.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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The name of the president of the harbor commission, Pietro Di Carlo, a leading citizen of San Pedro, had come up in the investigation in connection with a contract with a troubled development company that Di Carlo had had associations with.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Several of the firms singled out for sanctions have either done legal work that Trump has opposed, or currently have or previously had associations with prosecutors who at one point investigated the president.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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But with first pitch approaching and their kids in the crowd, both planned on putting jokes and their brotherhood aside in search of wins.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
20 May 2025
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Anastasio’s musical brotherhood since the populist ballot opened up in February.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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As the price of tuition at institutions across the country grows, questions about the true value of a college education abound in higher education.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 May 2025
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The bill also calls for the State Department of Education to conduct random surprise visits at private special education institutions.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
30 May 2025
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Now the Phillies are left to navigate the rest of the season without him and will have to make some changes to assemble a championship-caliber relief corps.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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Pickens has the size and play-making ability that was much-needed in the team’s wide receiver corps.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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This includes the experiential learning that accompanies volunteer service, immersing students, three-dimensionally, in the lives and worlds of society’s marginalized.—
Michael Serazio,
Time,
28 May 2025
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While studies have found that bed bugs have been on Earth since the dinosaurs, the estimated 90 species of the arthropods shared a fairly stable symbiotic relationship with their hosts – until human ancestors began forming societies and living in close proximity.—
Bronwyn Thompson,
New Atlas,
28 May 2025
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Mayor Brandon Johnson will push forward this spring an ordinance designed to reform land-use policies that environmentalists say for decades led to pollution in Black and Latino communities.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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The community also had several churches, boathouses, a schoolhouse and a billiard saloon.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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“Fraternity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraternity. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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