as in organization
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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JuJu Watkins has become one of the top players in women's college basketball.
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025
From housing to health care, childcare to college, working families are facing an affordability crisis.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The day before, Leonard appeared in his final college hockey game.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Between 2015 and 2023, Weiss gained access to the databases of more than 100 colleges and universities that were being maintained by a third-party vendor, and then downloaded personal information and medical data of more than 150,000 athletes, the indictment states.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
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In addition to his résumé as an actor, Barty was an advocate for others with dwarfism and founded the Little People of America organization and the Billy Barty Foundation.—
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By embracing these approaches, leaders can strengthen their organization's commitment to DEI, turning potential challenges into opportunities for growth and innovation.—
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If deployed at scale by higher education institutions, these models could help students access world-class programs locally, allowing more talent to stay, learn, and contribute to South Africa’s long-term growth.—
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Carlos Barria | Reuters As Trump tries to punish companies, universities and other institutions for their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, many businesses are renaming their programs to avoid scrutiny, rather than giving up entirely.—
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The institute envisions using Boulder’s downtown theaters and venues as the heart of the festival.—
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Sundance would frequently spend thousands converting venues like The Library that are not traditional cinemas into movie theater venues, which took away dollars the non-profit institute could’ve used to support its independent artists.—
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The Craftsman-style home was one of the first to be built along a historic street in the Five Points area, just blocks from the University of Georgia’s campus and the scenic row of sorority and fraternity houses on Milledge Avenue.—
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The oldest incident occurred in November at a fraternity house off campus, according to records obtained by WKMG.—
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Another key element is the predominance of social media as a major channel of communication in today’s society.—
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What’s happening in society, where a boy stabs a girl to death?—
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Those are the highlights of two new studies released earlier this month by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, a nonprofit research and education association.—
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The Pistons rank second in the association in opponent field-goal percentage (44.9), third in blocks per game (5.8) and fourth in points off turnovers (19.4).—
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The disagreement was over tactics, not policy, but the debate eroded trust between the chambers; undermined the Democrats’ claims of unity in the face of Trump; and infuriated liberals, some of whom called for Schumer to give up his leadership post.—
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But the House and Senate remain divided over how much to cut spending, setting up a likely fight between the two chambers.—
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Befitting their brotherhood — and a rare chance to fulfill it all the more.—
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In preserving this emotional moment, Rush 50 commemorates a brotherhood as well as a discography, and concludes a suitably epic tour of one of rock’s most fulfilling and rewarding journeys.—
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“College.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/college. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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