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sisterhood

[sis-ter-hood] / ˈsɪs tərˌhʊd /


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Ultimately, what sisterhood there is between “Five-Star Weekend” and “Ride or Die” can be seen in the way they consider the resources a woman has as she enters middle age.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

"That feels valid, but it starts small, and it starts by daily actions, and this idea of sisterhood felt like a really strong theme in this film."

From Barron's May 20, 2026

And while the group continues to ride the whirlwind of touring and a newfound sisterhood, O'Donnell said she hopes they are laying the groundwork for something more enduring.

From BBC May 16, 2026

Here the acclaimed Japanese writer focuses on women who navigate the trials of modern life through the tight ties and shared strengths of sisterhood.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

I marvel how she led me to understand that it was not marriage to Christ that I desired, but sisterhood.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

In Los Angeles, Molina became a bridge between the separated sisterhoods of the Westside, South L.A. and the Eastside.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2023

One of the oldest Black sisterhoods, the Sisters of the Holy Family, formed in New Orleans in 1842 because white sisterhoods in Louisiana, including the slave-holding Ursuline order, refused to accept African Americans.

From Washington Times Apr. 30, 2022

It’s also a defining factor in the crime stories “The Kitchen” and “Hustlers,” where women form uneasy, contingent sisterhoods as a bulwark against male power and as a way to provide for their families.

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2019

Until I took my nosebleed seat in the theater, and ended up thinking about power, and femininity, and ya-ya sisterhoods up the wazoo, and feeling oddly moved.

From Washington Post Oct. 30, 2018

Those who swelled their little unarmed strength into the reckoning one of leagues, clubs, societies, sisterhoods designed to hold or withhold, move or stay put, make a way, solicit, comfort and ease.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison




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