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sorority

[suh-rawr-i-tee, -ror-] / səˈrɔr ɪ ti, -ˈrɒr- /
NOUN
sisterhood
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She quit her sorority and ended up leaving school for a time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

He said fraternity and sorority leaders had signed onto a task force that has begun to discuss what those changes might look like.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Dayanara was a bright light, a gentle soul, and someone whose kindness touched everyone around her,” the sorority shared in a memorial post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Extracurriculars that “highlight team leadership, whether it’s in a sorority or fraternity, or the newspaper, certainly help us see that those individuals are motivated and are more likely to succeed,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026

That did make her special, she understood, and it bonded her to the engineers at work as strongly as social and charity activities bonded her to the women in her sorority.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

As part of "broader work" that needs to happen, Kotlikoff said in his video statement that there should be a "serious look at the role of fraternities and sororities in campus life".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Outside of the possibility of going viral, what’s the return on investment from partnering with sororities?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Where Tumblr-ites dreamed of the cloistered quads and moody libraries of Princeton in the 2010s, TikTok-ers now obsess over the elaborate rituals of University of Alabama sororities.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Tiles are flying around brownstones, sororities, warehouses, corporate off-sites and country clubs from Chicago to Miami to Dallas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

But Spelman, where our mother went, didn’t allow sororities.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English




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