as in suite
a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person the gaggle of hangers-on that passes for the rock star's entourage

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Recent Examples of entourage Last week, Ross led an entourage of roughly 20 Related Ross staffers and executives into a Boca Raton City Council workshop to compete for a new mixed-use government campus the city wants to build just west of the Brightline train station and Dixie Highway at 201 W. Palmetto Park Road. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2025 The ensemble also includes Cal’s and widower Xavier’s kids; Xavier’s underlings; his boss (Krys Marshall), who was sleeping with Cal; and an influential member of Samantha’s entourage (Sarah Shahi) who, for unknown reasons, seems to believe Xavier is innocent. Judy Berman, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025 Rarer still were his family members loitering with the entourage. Philip Elliott, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025 Similarly, in 2016, A$AP Rocky was sued by a man who claimed the rapper and his entourage assaulted him in a New York City clothing store, though the case was eventually settled out of court. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for entourage
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Noun
  • Francis has complained of breathing trouble and was diagnosed with bronchitis Feb. 6, but had continued to hold daily audiences in his Vatican hotel suite.
    Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Today that’s part of its Creative Cloud applications suite and, according to the company, has produced over 18 billion assets.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • All 80 people — 76 passengers and four crew members — who were on Delta Flight 4819 survived after the jet made a rough landing and rolled over, ending belly-up with its right wing sheared off at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.
    Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Once the new crew members arrive, Wilmore and Williams, along with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, will depart the station on a separate capsule.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Would such a posse be willing to try to arrest members of Congress who are complicit in the damage being done to our democratic system?
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2025
  • After the protesters left, a small posse of police remained well into the rest of the morning.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Officers went into formation and the suspect came into the hallway holding a gun and the staff member, then officers opened fire and killed the suspect.
    Harrison Jones, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Leaders must recognize and validate the emotions of their staff and communities, acknowledging the human cost of a crisis rather than focusing solely on operational recovery.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Political elites—politicians and their retinues, interest groups, campaign donors, and media that stir up readers by applauding one side—orchestrated this process.
    Jonathan Schlefer, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2021
  • He was taken to Manhattan by helicopter and met at the helipad by a massive retinue of heavily armed police led by New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Dec. 2024

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“Entourage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entourage. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.

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