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fraternity

[fruh-tur-ni-tee] / frəˈtɜr nɪ ti /


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The Welsh gymnastics fraternity were still in the building and you could hear their whooping and cheering as Ruby showed off her medal.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

As Kent walked around Otesaga Resort, he could feel the warmth and welcome from the most exclusive fraternity in baseball.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Extracurriculars that “highlight team leadership, whether it’s in a sorority or fraternity, or the newspaper, certainly help us see that those individuals are motivated and are more likely to succeed,” she said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

Soon he quit his fraternity and not long after dropped out of school.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

Finally, he produces a term that denotes a coming together of both of those two things—to be countrymen is to experience romanitas as fellowship—and a fraternity between speaker and audience.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Gipson said Washington was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, one of the oldest African American fraternities in the U.S., according to its website.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Both Kalshi and Polymarket have flooded social media with ads and courted college fraternities and groups.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

The publication was founded in 1955 by the legendary gadfly William F. Buckley Jr. as a salon for the various right-leaning fraternities in American life: fire-eating libertarians, orthodox Catholics, conspiratorial anti-communists.

From Slate Apr. 25, 2025

He also met with members of the “Divine Nine” Black fraternities and sororities and spoke with members of the Little Rock Nine, who helped integrate a public school in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.

From Seattle Times May 18, 2024

The center was housed in a brick building on a corner lot on Prospect Avenue, whose prime blocks were dominated by the grand, mansion-like stone and Tudor-style eating clubs that substituted for fraternities.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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