as in fraternities
a club of women especially at a U.S. college
She wanted to join the sorority because all of her friends were members.
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Recent Examples of sororities
Lately, teenagers from the Northeast are opting to head to the South for college, where tuition is cheaper and sororities are the ultimate social club.
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Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
See drill teams, high school bands, fraternities and sororities, churches and other organizations and groups marching as the parade travels along Harbor Drive South.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
Volunteers assisting the shoppers came from churches, sororities, fraternities, city commissioners, a county commissioner, and businesses like CBS News Miami.
—Larry Seward, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
Each school will get an allotment of tickets for the weekend, with local community groups like the Boys & Girls Clubs, fraternities and sororities receiving invitations to attend.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2025
The flood of students on Mill Avenue intensified after ASU banned alcohol from fraternities and sororities on campus in 2006.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Earle recently surprised students in sororities at University of Texas at Austin, following the announcement of the Alix Earle paid internship at Poppi.
—Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
Aside from Black fraternities and sororities, Black student unions were among the first ethnic student organizations at colleges to be established.
—Antar A. Tichavakunda, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
Or at least that’s kind of how Haley Drexler and Pilar Dizon’s story goes, but with a few twists and turns along the way (including rival sororities and a reality TV stint).
—Ana Osorno, Them., 12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sororities
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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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According to Frank, members of TCU fraternities live in some of the houses that have generated noise complaints, including DeCicco’s house.—
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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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Teams went 5-4 in hearings last winter, leaving clubs with a 358-270 advantage since arbitration started in 1974.—
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The lower temps will also provide comfortable conditions for enjoying the city’s many sandy shores, famed beach clubs, and rooftop restaurants.—
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Parallel societies in certain urban areas and rising violent crime statistics linked to some migrant cohorts in countries such as Sweden and Germany led to the dramatic rise of populist and patriotic parties across the continent, from France to Italy to the Netherlands.—
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Freedom from fear mattered because frightened societies are easily manipulated.—
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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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“Sororities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sororities. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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