congresses

noun

Definition of congressesnext
plural of congress
1
as in parliaments
the highest lawmaking body of a political unit the national emergency required a special session of congress

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2
as in meetings
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose following World War I a great congress of world leaders took place in Paris to plan the postwar world

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3
as in organizations
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest the Canada Trades and Labor Congress

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  1. organizations
  2. legislatures
  3. conventions
  4. associations
  5. institutions
  6. societies
  7. councils
Noun
  • The experts from various organizations within the Enterprise, such as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), and the Nevada National Security Site, worked closely with NNSA for eight years.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • More often than not, this occurs because the innovating organizations have a strong collaboration framework in place — a structure that outlines communication, expectations, workflows and more while keeping regulations top of mind.
    Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • Thousands of anti-LGBTQ bills were filed in state legislatures across the country, with many of them targeting transgender Americans specifically, according to tallies by the American Civil Liberties Union.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Three state legislatures — those of Hawaii, Iowa and Missouri — will welcome their first out trans members with Kim Coco Iwamoto, Aime Wichtendahl and Wick Thomas, respectively.
    Sarah Prager, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of legislatures
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  • Since then, the weekender celebrating the convergence of style, sneakers, pop culture, music, art, food, innovation and the creative minds shaping those trends has traversed the globe with conventions in Chicago (2019) and Hong Kong (2024).
    Melinda Sheckells, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Similar conventions followed in other states, adopting the Republican Party label.
    Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of conventions
Noun
  • Acquisition of word-object associations by 14-month-old infants Science.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
  • One or more of the key industry associations in each of these sectors could provide a credible—and confidential—forum for evaluating the feasibility of various options for banding together groups of like companies in that sector.
    Brian Walker, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of associations
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  • The agency’s $48 billion budget funds medical research on cancers, vaccines and other diseases through competitive grants to researchers at institutions throughout the nation.
    Aleccia Washington, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Ask questions and trust your instincts when dealing with authority figures, institutions or legal matters.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of institutions
Noun
  • Armed with that capability, managers — and all employees — can make better decisions for their companies and the societies that depend on their goods and services.
    Lynn Schenk Alison Smart, Harvard Business Review, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Rubin highlights that societies in obstetrics, gynecology and urology, among others, universally agree the label is wrong.
    Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of societies
Noun
  • Of that, at least 15% would be allocated to cities, councils of government and unincorporated areas based on the annual point-in-time homeless count conducted by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • There’s a preservation angle, too, since craft councils are forever expanding their lists of endangered practices.
    Miles Socha, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
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