variants
also gild
as in organization
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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Recent Examples of guild
The group will be made up of professionals from across the guild including directors, assistant directors, unit production managers, associate directors, and stage managers.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2025
Yes, but: Other editorial staff outside the guild have departed, including editorial page editor Lorraine Forte.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
Grassroots efforts are currently underway for such action by production guilds and others.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Mar. 2025
Ultimately, the guild won some historic provisions to serve as a baseline for future negotiations, including contractual language to define a writer as a human.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
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After departing the Cowboys for the first time in his 11-year career for the Seattle Seahawks in free agency on Wednesday, veteran defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence fired some shots at the organization in an interview with Seahawks content creator Brian Nemhauser.—
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Over 512,000 people in the organization’s service area face food insecurity, over a third of whom are children.—
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The court’s order involved a technical legal assessment of the right, or standing, of several nonprofit associations to sue over the firings.—
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This includes more robust small business impact assessments, expanded export training and support, and greater engagement with industry associations that represent smaller firms.—
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Thirty-four years later, in The Open, Woods became the fifth player to join the fraternity.—
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The college campus pixie dust carried through to a top-notch step show performed by some HBCU (Historically Black College and University) fraternities and sororities.—
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Along with the in-home creature comforts, Ocean House has its own club with a lounge and infinity pool.—
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Baseball bats used to have more heft as a rule; Babe Ruth swung clubs perhaps 50 percent heavier than today’s.—
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the revered music institution, which premiered on PBS in 1975.—
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An earlier card count found that around 70 percent of the bargaining unit supported joining AFSCME Cultural Workers United, Council 36, which represents staff at institutions including the Academy Museum, the Academy Foundation and the Museum of Contemporary Art.—
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While out in society, Elizabeth interacts with single men like Mr. Darcy, an outwardly curmudgeon who is misunderstood.—
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For Manal, the real power of the album lies in speaking up about topics considered taboo in society.—
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In 2009, the league moved the Conneticut Defenders down to Richmond, filling the hole of the AAA team that left the city.—
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These shares are only bettered by a handful of players across the league.—
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The following year, Cooper became president and CEO of the museum, replacing Kathryn Hill who announced her retirement after leading the institute for six years.—
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These microscopic organisms have what are essentially built-in compass needles, said Caroline Monteil, a microbial ecologist at the French research institute CEA.—
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“Guild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guild. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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