as in fraternity
the body of people in a profession or field of activity
a reporter who is widely respected throughout the press corps
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Recent Examples of corps
The Canucks are thin on the left side of their defense, and the move would open a spot in Carolina’s defense corps for Nikishin as soon as his KHL season is over.
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Cory Lavalette, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
The North Korean corps makes up a fifth of the Russian and allied force attempting to eliminate the 250-square-mile salient that 20,000 Ukrainian troops carved out of Kursk in a surprise August offensive.
—David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Ohio State quarterback Will Howard throws to perhaps the nation’s deepest corps of pass-catchers and has averaged 308.3 passing yards in three playoff victories.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2025
In 2022, the Air Force established demographic targets for its officer corps, with specific percentages for each ethnic and racial group.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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Cory Lavalette, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
The North Korean corps makes up a fifth of the Russian and allied force attempting to eliminate the 250-square-mile salient that 20,000 Ukrainian troops carved out of Kursk in a surprise August offensive.
—David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Ohio State quarterback Will Howard throws to perhaps the nation’s deepest corps of pass-catchers and has averaged 308.3 passing yards in three playoff victories.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2025
In 2022, the Air Force established demographic targets for its officer corps, with specific percentages for each ethnic and racial group.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corps
Noun
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The fraternity also plans to put her picture in their composite, where she'll forever be cemented as a legacy.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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Once Purdy gets paid this offseason, the pressure amplifies to join a small fraternity of quarterbacks who’ve won a Super Bowl after losing their first such start: Len Dawson, Bob Griese, John Elway, and, as of Sunday, Jalen Hurts.—
Cam Inman,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Art critic Eva Diaz, writing for ArtReview, says that Of the ‘creative’ pursuits, architecture is among the most dependent on big piles of capital in order to get its work off the ground: patronage is a constitutive yoke of the profession.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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And coming back to any profession following a stroke of any magnitude is not easy.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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The impacts are being felt in communities across the country that have universities or academic medical centers, Wolfson and others said, as well as clinical training, basic scientific research and patient care.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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This modest study of unlikely community found at the end of the world — or damn near close enough — gains a more mythic sweep as the island is faced with a perilous storm, expected to bring destructive flooding on a scale not seen in eons, and this ragtag crew must weather it together.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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With the group’s strength in mind, the Backstreet Boys see the residency is a reminder of their legacy and their 32-year brotherhood.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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Featuring some larger-than-life characters, Sirianni has helped mold this consortium of talent into a brotherhood and a winning machine.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Corps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corps. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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