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[gild] / gɪld /


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Bernal later apologised and reports say he has been removed from his position as president of a Mexican engineering guild.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

Now this seems completely unfair—for Times staff to suggest that Times leadership is being unethical when the union’s own unanswered requests for information clarify that the guild doesn’t yet have the full story.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Additionally, the contract terms have been extended from the WGA’s usual three years to four — though it is not the first time the guild has added more time to its deal with the studios.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2026

“As someone who volunteers with a guild, we aren’t just there to sit around and look pretty. Come talk to us.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

Unfortunately, he had gone 15 miles when he came to the junction of the Weser, and so to a stretch of river over which a guild of boatmen held a monopoly.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

AUTOR: Many professions—such as law and academia—have guilds that are very resistant to change.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

The guilds already have spoken on “Black Rabbit,” with Bateman receiving Actor, DGA and PGA nominations.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

Especially in Hollywood, where two guilds recently went on strike in part to protect their members from its perceived threat.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

Its roots lie in the medieval stonemasons' guilds, and members still meet in "lodges" to carry out secretive initiation rituals and ceremonies.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2026

The economic basis of Polynesian societies consisted of more or less self-sufficient households, but some islands also supported guilds of hereditary part-time craft specialists.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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