as in fraternity
the body of people in a profession or field of activity
a reporter who is widely respected throughout the press corps
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Recent Examples of corps
The flu is going around the Bears locker room and their entire WR corps is banged up.
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Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026
The Bucs have an explosive playmaker in RB Bucky Irving and a deep and talented receiving corps that includes Chris Godwin and rookie Emeka Egbuka.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Stefon Diggs factored heavily into the comeback, specifically by defeating man-to-man coverage, which had been a bugaboo for this receiving corps lately.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
This fall brought a new quarterback in Penn State transfer Beau Pribula, a different receiving corps and major shuffling along the offensive line.
—Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 13 Dec. 2025
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See drill teams, high school bands, fraternities and sororities, churches and other organizations and groups marching as the parade travels along Harbor Drive South.—
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The Star-Telegram contacted the presidents and advisers for those fraternities asking for their perspectives, but those email messages were not returned.—
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Hand care, of course, is essential to Wan and her profession.—
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Dubai’s reputation as a paradise for sun-seekers and digital nomads has been burnished on TikTok and Instagram, and in recent years the UAE has sought to formalize content creation as a profession, bringing it into the fold of its economic transformation drive.—
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Upper Lake & Covelo Ranger DistrictsNorthshore Reforestation and Bartlett Springs pile burning located northeast of North Shore communities Nice, Lucerne and Clearlake Oaks in Lake County.—
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But others could block local governments from denying large scale development projects, and potentially leave residents with less input on the future of their communities.—
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Regardless of Thursday’s outcome, the brotherhood meant more.—
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The brotherhood forged in Lubbock remained strong even when Dykes was the head coach at Cal and Riley was the offensive coordinator at East Carolina.—
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“Corps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corps. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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