- plural of tribe.
tribes
Example Sentences
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Local excitement was limited to “the activity of the insect tribes and the occasional fall of a coconut,” one early visitor wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Our tribes are trying to become self-sufficient, and without some type of economic engine we’re not going to,” says Greg Encelewski, a leader of the Ninilchik, a local tribe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Justice Julia Kelety’s questions suggested the tribes provided names for resources in the area but failed to say how they would be affected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Bears Ears, which covers 1.35 million acres, was proclaimed in 2016 under then-president Barack Obama on the basis of its cultural sites sacred to Indigenous tribes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
That radiation can serve as a model for the longer, larger-scale, and less understood radiation of societies on different continents since the end of the last Ice Age, to become variously hunter-gatherer tribes and empires.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
