troupe

as in ensemble
an organized group of stage performers I desperately want to join our regional theater's acting troupe and perhaps get a lead role

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Recent Examples of troupe In a time when women had fewer options, such troupes offered them a rare chance to change their destiny. Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 Joining her this year will be featured artist Curtis Bannister, dance troupe Expressenz and the ISO's Sherry Hong performing a violin solo. Justin L. MacK, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024 Long before RuPaul lionized drag queens in mainstream culture, this gender-bending, all-male ballet troupe was representing in the dance world — one fouetté (and false eyelash) at a time. Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025 Judith Jamison, arts visionary who defined Black modern dance Jamison's celebrated collaboration with Alvin Ailey began in the 1960s as a star member of his troupe. Neda Ulaby, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for troupe 
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Noun
  • The main focus is Divine G (Colman Domingo), a talented performer and playwright who has been falsely imprisoned, but the movie’s power comes from its ensemble made up of actual RTA alumni who are naturals on camera.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2025
  • As for Season 3 hopes, O’Toole sees a lot of possibilities with the show’s growing ensemble and the coming-of-age aspect of the YA K-drama.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Because protests were expected, unusual numbers of law enforcement officers and National Guard troops worked the parade route in the afternoon and Bush and first lady Laura Bush got out of their bulletproof limousine to walk part of the route.
    Ron Elving, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The Biden administration decided to move ahead with Trump’s first-term decision to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan.
    Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
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  • In the 87-page complaint, which was obtained by PEOPLE, Baldoni and a group of nine other plaintiffs, including his production company Wayfarer Studios, business partners and public relations team, are suing the Times for $250 million.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
  • When Braun gave birth to the couple’s daughter and went on maternity leave, she was employed as a social media manager for a Swiss company that wasn’t friendly towards remote work.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Troupe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troupe. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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