consortia

noun

variants also consortiums
Definition of consortianext
plural of consortium
as in institutions
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest a consortium for the prevention of animal cruelty

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  1. institutions
  2. societies
  3. partnerships
  4. organizations
  5. associations
  6. coalitions
Noun
  • 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
  • Wisconsin humane societies have worked with Greater Good Charities since 2019 with the transportation and relocation of pets.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of societies
Noun
  • Ensure Regulatory Buy-In For External Partnerships External strategic partnerships are often some of the most effective collaborations for businesses in highly regulated industries.
    Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The iPhone maker doesn’t do a lot of strategic partnerships, so there’s that.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of partnerships
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
  • In response to this, healthcare organizations are increasingly prioritizing sustainability to establish a more resilient healthcare sector, paired with significant social and economic reward.
    Molly Matthews, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of organizations
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
Noun
  • And in time, America’s demography and its political coalitions could change in ways that might help our politics come unstuck.
    Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In building these and other coalitions, the Biden administration has always made fellow democracies its first port of call.
    Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of coalitions
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