Definition of communitynext
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as in town
the people living in a particular area the whole community rallied to the aid of the family who had lost its home

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as in colony
a group of people with a common interest living in one place a picturesque seacoast village that is known for its sizable community of artists

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as in fraternity
the body of people in a profession or field of activity members of the medical community

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Recent Examples of community The price point and its adaptability and ease of connecting to devices, has made the Vision Pro increasingly attractive for medical professionals, especially those in regional or community hospitals where budgets are tighter. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026 Zamora supports giving middle and high school communities the option to have an officer on campus at least part-time. Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 In these moments, the group evidences a commitment to the music itself—not as a means of achieving notoriety, but as a way of giving a voice to their community. Dean Van Nguyen, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2026 The city has said that the hope is to provide safer jailing of people in custody, in smaller population numbers, closer to their communities. Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for community
Recent Examples of Synonyms for community
Noun
  • The story is set in 2013, in a town in an unnamed New England state.
    Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Boasting 37 miles of pure electric power, the NX450h+ certainly succeeds for consumers looking to float around town.
    Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
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  • The queen-worthy new hive, hand-crafted by a local Virginia artisan in the image of the White House, will add two new bee colonies to the property's existing two.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The new hive will add two new bee colonies to the two current existing colonies producing honey, the White House says, with thousands of bees increasing honey production by about 30 pounds a year.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In his post-match press conference, Arteta praised the courage of his players to play short, even after the Emirates crowd weren’t pleased with how that first move failed.
    Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The same goes for facilities like Escape Lounges, which may cut off access, add a waitlist or stop selling day passes based on real-time crowd conditions.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
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  • Some time after the group formed, Mellencamp signed on as the band’s second singer and performed with them at school dances, sock hops, fraternities, and battle of the bands competitions.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • That team had their own fraternity, Phi Slama Jama.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • As to why the format interested him, Hawley pointed to a similarity with Fargo.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Using advanced language modeling and similarity analysis, the platform matches an internal job title with the five most relevant benchmark jobs in ERI’s database.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2026
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  • But as the years and resentments pile on, their cancerous brotherhood threatens to obliterate them both.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Travel through time and reflect on the genesis, journey, and brotherhood of the multidimensional rap trio from Yonkers, The LOX.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026
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  • Many of the pictures were captured on the Day of the Dead, at the annual feast of the cult of Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte (Our Lady of Holy Death), in the Tepito neighborhood of Mexico City.
    Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Built in 1993 to accommodate more than 16,000 Israelis, the shelter found a new life during the Israel-Iran war as a public refuge for residents of Neve Shaanan, among Tel Aviv’s most diverse neighborhoods and one of its poorest, home mainly to asylum seekers and foreign workers.
    Theia Chatelle, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
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  • Aspen Wooten, a talented tennis prodigy who moved from Memphis to Lake Nona with her family as a ninth grader, had accomplished just about everything available in her four-year high school career — including winning more than 100 matches.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Knowing that my picture, whether flattering or not, is going to be posted (or shared with our family) is extremely daunting.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026

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“Community.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/community. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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