as in entourages
a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person
a popular teen and his ever-present posse of pals
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Recent Examples of posses
Apocalypse movies are breeding grounds for unlikely posses, and this Australian zom-com from writer-director Abe Forsythe is no exception.
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
Others threatened the monkeys that wouldn’t let Punch join their posses.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2026
In April, a jury convicted Wenger of conspiracy to distribute and posses with intent to distribute anabolic steroids and obstruction of justice.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
Others threatened the monkeys that wouldn’t let Punch join their posses.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2026
In April, a jury convicted Wenger of conspiracy to distribute and posses with intent to distribute anabolic steroids and obstruction of justice.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for posses
entourages
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Long before private jets and sprawling entourages became standard for global superstars, Starr and his bandmates — Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison — were simply four young men navigating fame together, suitcase by suitcase.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Sure, there were others — boyfriends came and went, entourages, too.—
Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Posses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posses. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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