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as in groups
the people who belong to a group or organization
Club leaders are elected by the membership.
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as in rosters
the number of people in a group or organization
The club's membership has been around 400 for the past several years.
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as in relationships
the state of being a member of a group or organization
We allowed our membership in the discount club to lapse.
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Recent Examples of memberships
While multiple sources familiar with the holiday events deny online rumors that Mar-a-Lago threatened to revoke the memberships of guests who took photos of Barron over the holidays, insiders tell PEOPLE that there's an unspoken rule about how to treat the most private member of the first family.
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Linda Marx, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
The team has capped season ticket sales each of the last three seasons, with the number of season ticket memberships sold for 2026 setting a new franchise record.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Many times, the culprit is unused or forgotten subscriptions and memberships.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 28 Dec. 2025
Family memberships will start from $14,950 and corporate membership from $29,950.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
The company’s free-trial enrollment process did not adequately disclose that consumers would be charged for memberships at the end of their trials.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Local gift ideas include memberships to Bernheim Forest or the Speed Art Museum and spa treatments at Bodhi Salt Center.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
Additionally, the top three winners also receive global memberships to Soho House.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Monthly memberships start at $120.
—Avery Stone, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memberships
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Israeli attacks weakened Iran’s regional armed proxy groups such as Hamas and Hezbollahwhile US strikes dealt significant damage to the country’s nuclear program, which the government spent billions to develop.—
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In other locations, particularly in southeastern Iran, rights groups said security forces fired directly at protesters in Zahedan after prayers, wounding several people.—
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Beck went 24-3 in his final two seasons at Georgia before transferring and had some nice moments but was always surrounded by talented rosters.—
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An expansion draft needs to take place for new teams Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo to fill up their rosters.—
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From his perspective, this sourcing capability reflects the company’s ongoing relationships with sellers across its network.—
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Seeing the deeper ways relationships and systems link together could shed some interesting light.—
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The parade features bands, floats, drill teams, colleges and universities, fraternities, sororities and churches along with peace and youth organizations.—
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Legacy Bank and Trust's chief operations officer since 2019 and will now act as dual COO for both organizations until the full integration of the community development financial institutions, which is slated for the fourth quarter of 2026.—
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Michael David McKee was arrested over the weekend in Illinois on two counts of murder in the deaths of Monique Tepe and her husband, Spencer.—
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He will be booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail and faces two counts of homicide, one count of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, officials said.—
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Friendship with a particular person, or group associations in general, can be uplifting and tangibly helpful in building both opportunity and confidence.—
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Advocacy groups and the various associations of government service providers who lobby the Legislature are likely to press lawmakers not to make reductions at the same time as the federal government.—
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The economic cost is caused by losses in the fishing industry, damage to coastal communities and impacts to systems that help fortify those communities, like mangroves and reefs.—
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Fish guts, food scraps, and agricultural waste from Norway's coastal communities would power this first-of-its-kind journey.—
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The state budget divided some Democrats last year when Newsom proposed ending new Medi-Cal enrollments for some undocumented groups and requiring others to pay monthly premiums.—
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This group will meet annually beginning in 2027 to examine school-by-school enrollments, capacities and these guidelines, said superintendent David Buck.—
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“Memberships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memberships. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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