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cadre

[ka-drey, kah-drey] / ˈkæ dreɪ, ˈkɑ dreɪ /


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The latest “Moana,” out this weekend, will join a cadre of family films at the multiplex.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

“Hard targets are at least visible and enforceable. Softer objectives are harder to measure and harder to embed in the cadre evaluation system.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

The book wasn’t written so much as it was built by a prominent ghostwriter, a cadre of well-placed friends and colleagues, and a publishing industry that’s made billions of dollars from trauma memoirs by women.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

Lithogow is among a cadre of accomplished film and television actors who have a deep love of the stage.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

A small cadre of couriers has begun moving things to country estates.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Frustratingly for career diplomats, Witkoff brushed off the usual cadres of government experts for complex negotiations.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

"We cannot accept low economic growth," he said in a speech to senior Communist Party cadres last month.

From Barron's Apr. 8, 2026

“Because there aren’t really objective measures of how this will work, cadres and officials are going to be really nervous as they try to implement the law,” said Oidtmann, the historian.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

However, in certain places, it has struggled to convey this message to cadres.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2026

For instance, there is no hint that Linear B was used or understood by any Mycenaean Greek beyond small cadres of palace bureaucrats.

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




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