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fraternity

[fruh-tur-ni-tee] / frəˈtɜr nɪ ti /


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There is sympathy amid the agent fraternity for Wilcox, who was given a budget to work to that many in the game felt was inadequate to address United's needs.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“What happens inside a fraternity party is really just a microcosm of what happens elsewhere on campus,” he said, insisting fraternities were “not a portal to Sodom and Gomorrah.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

She said the school’s decision to suspend fraternity parties for the rest of the academic year, along with other steps, goes further than prior efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

A group of former Cornell students, who belonged to the same Chi Phi fraternity as the seven accused but graduated before the alleged incident, also complained of online smear campaigns.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

It was as though by dressing and walking in a certain way I had enlisted in a fraternity in which I was recognized at a glance—not by features, but by clothes, by uniform, by gait.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Cafe, where she spoke with alumnae of the Divine Nine, a group of historically Black fraternities and sororities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

In my short-lived time as a pledge, I found fraternities to be dysfunctional and unappealing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Some fraternities have gone further, creating short quizzes about the pledge, said Lee Rosenthal, a 2025 graduate and former frat president.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Frustration has boiled over into periodic calls to end fraternities at Cornell altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Irish American through and through, Day had grown up just north of the Washington campus, in the area where the fraternities were located.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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