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a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
a consortium for the prevention of animal cruelty
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Recent Examples of consortium
Another is a consortium led by Employer.com Founder Jesse Tinsley, which also features the major YouTuber MrBeast.
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William Gavin, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2025
McCourt’s Project Liberty—the group leading The People’s Bid For TikTok—has built a consortium to purchase TikTok that includes O’Leary and Guggenheim Securities.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Another factor that motivated the consortium to act is Naperville’s municipal election on April 1, which has eight candidates vying for four open council seats.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
The majority of the officials who live in the West went to the Big 12 consortium.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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William Gavin, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2025
McCourt’s Project Liberty—the group leading The People’s Bid For TikTok—has built a consortium to purchase TikTok that includes O’Leary and Guggenheim Securities.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Another factor that motivated the consortium to act is Naperville’s municipal election on April 1, which has eight candidates vying for four open council seats.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
The majority of the officials who live in the West went to the Big 12 consortium.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consortium
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Three different streaming outlets — Max, Netflix and Paramount+ — were among the top winners at the duPont-Columbia Awards, some of the top honors accorded each year to audio and video reporting done in the public interest, while some of the usual news organizations named each year were not.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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Also planned is the creation of a Video News Editorial organization to coordinate video across all platforms, including digital and linear TV.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2025
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The conservative Heritage Foundation and Republican lawmakers have been floating long to-do lists for changing the NIH, including dramatically reorganizing the centers and institutes that constitute the agency.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2025
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Hannah Downey is the policy director at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), a nonprofit institute based in Bozeman, Montana, that creates innovative conservation solutions through markets and incentives.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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After the Madison shooting, a separate social media user noted their association and tweeted at the FBI, accusing Henderson and others of having prior warning.—
Phoebe Petrovic,
ProPublica,
25 Jan. 2025
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Now, with the LLCs owning at least half of the units but lacking the 80% threshold required under state law to terminate the condo association and control the property, holdout owners are playing hardball.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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However, critics contend that diverting federal funds to private institutions could further weaken public schools, leaving those without access to alternative education options at a disadvantage.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Individual investors took advantage of the slide in Nvidia and other technology plays on Monday, but institutions stayed away, according to JPMorgan.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2025
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Emerging, re-emerging, and evolving pathogens continue to threaten society.—
Juan Manuel Santos,
TIME,
28 Jan. 2025
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Those rights holders include record labels, publishers, independent distributors, performance rights organizations and collecting societies.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2025
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The current council chambers will be remodeled to create new office space for the city administrator, along with a smaller conference room meeting space.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
3 Feb. 2025
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Collins, another moderate and the only member of either chamber from New England who is a Republican, is also viewed as a key swing vote.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2025
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In 1956, Grant joined the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity’s Theta chapter, which eventually led him to meet his wife, Joyce, a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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After drinking alcohol in the presence of the fraternity president, the three younger men then performed the skit, prosecutors said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
The Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2025
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His fellow council members said that was a fact that would just have to be accepted.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
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On Wednesday while visiting Paris, the head of Haiti’s presidential council, Leslie Voltaire, cited Kenscoff as an example of a place security forces were making progress and gangs are on the retreat.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Consortium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consortium. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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