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fraternity

[fruh-tur-ni-tee] / frəˈtɜr nɪ ti /


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Blas had been at a function at a fraternity just north of campus that is unaffiliated with the university.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Collins Aerospace, another maker of ejection seats, started its own ejection fraternity in 1979.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The Welsh gymnastics fraternity were still in the building and you could hear their whooping and cheering as Ruby showed off her medal.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

As Kent walked around Otesaga Resort, he could feel the warmth and welcome from the most exclusive fraternity in baseball.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

“But don’t tell Nately I said that. Tell him I had to keep an appointment with some very important fraternity brothers.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Gipson said Washington was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, one of the oldest African American fraternities in the U.S., according to its website.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Both Kalshi and Polymarket have flooded social media with ads and courted college fraternities and groups.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

The publication was founded in 1955 by the legendary gadfly William F. Buckley Jr. as a salon for the various right-leaning fraternities in American life: fire-eating libertarians, orthodox Catholics, conspiratorial anti-communists.

From Slate Apr. 25, 2025

Members of Black sororities and fraternities are no strangers to political engagement either, having built practices of civic engagement around addressing community-specific inequities.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2024

Modeled on the fraternities then springing up on college campuses, the group took its name from the Greek word kuklos, meaning band.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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