guilds

noun

variants also gilds
Definition of guildsnext
plural of guild
as in organizations
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest after his apprenticeship, he was able to join the stonemasons' guild

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  1. organizations
  2. associations
  3. fraternities
  4. societies
  5. institutions
  6. colleges
Noun
  • Employers and organizations will decide whether or not to give the day off.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The most vulnerable targets are small businesses, organizations, and particularly healthcare facilities that cannot afford to make large expenditures in defensive developing cybersecurity technology like artificial intelligence.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of organizations
Noun
  • This can lead to a brand’s message not resonating with a target audience, or worse yet create negative associations.
    Emily Ketchen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • To aid with skills development, leverage the support of training programs offered by industry associations like the National Association of Manufacturers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers or The Manufacturing Institute.
    Kerrie Jordan, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of associations
Noun
  • The bill also pushes universities to implement comprehensive hazing prevention programs, publish their hazing prevention policies and identify which fraternities and sororities have broken those rules.
    Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Sigma Pi and Phi Kappa Tau fraternities also do not belong to IFC on the Hill or CU’s fraternity council.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of fraternities
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  • Previously, the region was seen as largely unfavorable for food production and large-scale human societies in ancient times.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • These one-off events throughout history have resulted in disastrous demographic drops, but societies almost always bounce back.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of societies
Noun
  • But international institutions do not have to passively accept their fate.
    Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But after a political revolution in Italy in the mid-1800s led to the closure of many of its religious institutions, the remains were taken back to Rome.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of institutions
Noun
  • Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 cleared $10M on the first full day of kids and colleges students off from school.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Between 2004 and 2020, over 860 colleges closed, primarily in the for-profit sector.
    Bryan Penprase, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of colleges
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