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cadre

[ka-drey, kah-drey] / ˈkæ dreɪ, ˈkɑ dreɪ /


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Previously, a cadre of insiders picked the president; a low-profile staffer like Fain would have been unlikely to be considered.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The book wasn’t written so much as it was built by a prominent ghostwriter, a cadre of well-placed friends and colleagues, and a publishing industry that’s made billions of dollars from trauma memoirs by women.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

They also dropped by Pyongyang's top cadre school, where they planted a fir tree symbolising their evergreen friendship, Xinhua reported.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

It’s a piece of working Party doctrine—Xi unveiled it in 2017 and made it the centerpiece of an indoctrination campaign every cadre had to recite.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

A small cadre of black policemen patrolled up and down, prodding and protecting.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Frustratingly for career diplomats, Witkoff brushed off the usual cadres of government experts for complex negotiations.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

"We cannot accept low economic growth," he said in a speech to senior Communist Party cadres last month.

From Barron's Apr. 8, 2026

“Because there aren’t really objective measures of how this will work, cadres and officials are going to be really nervous as they try to implement the law,” said Oidtmann, the historian.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

However, in certain places, it has struggled to convey this message to cadres.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2026

The open, sunny, fresh-aired summit of Greylock is crowned with a large, handsome stone building called Bascom Lodge, built in the 1930s by the tireless cadres of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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