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cadre

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


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Peng holds a noncombat civilian cadre rank equivalent to major general in the People’s Liberation Army.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

While he wanted to focus purely on directing, the studio insisted that he appear in the film along with the cadre of ballet dancers he had chosen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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

What Colored schools did have going for them was a dedicated cadre of Negro educators and students hungry to learn.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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

But even he must occasionally reassure the population, and especially the Party cadres, that what he is doing makes some sort of sense.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

Inequality is in part a result of rising incomes at the top and especially in the growing cadres of the affluent middle class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

The open, sunny, fresh-aired summit of Greylock is crowned with a large, handsome stone building called Bascom Lodge, built in the 1930s by the tireless cadres of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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