sisterhoods

noun

Definition of sisterhoodsnext
plural of sisterhood
as in sororities

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  1. sororities
  2. organizations
  3. societies
  4. colleges
  5. fraternities
  6. associations
  7. institutions
  8. communities
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
  • So much of the style on display at an HBCU homecoming—from the way attendees are dressed to the sororities stepping and strolling on the yard to the fellowship events before the game—has roots in our deep and complex ancestry.
    Bridgette Bartlett Royall, Essence, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of sororities
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
  • Xi must know that old societies tend to be pacific and that China is getting old fast.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Then, five thousand or so years ago, after agriculture spread and prehistory gave way to history, hierarchies emerged, dividing our societies into groups—the socioeconomic élites and everyone else.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of societies
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
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
Noun
  • Collaborating with these associations can help close skills gaps and improve employee retention.
    Kerrie Jordan, 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
  • But international institutions do not have to passively accept their fate.
    Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Such flexibility offers these institutions a way to work with populists without undermining their broader missions.
    Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of institutions
Noun
  • In addition, widespread access to healthier food options that are cheaper and readily available, particularly among underserved poorer communities will help keep people healthy and mitigate obesity and ultimately a diagnosis of type II diabetes.
    Omer Awan, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And the Karen and Telugu communities have additional regular services in their own languages.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of communities
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