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the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form claims that the problem will never be solved within the existing cadre of the state bureaucracy

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Recent Examples of cadre Other issues related to the concentration of corporate ownership in the hands of a small cadre of fund managers have arisen. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025 Roethlisberger and Dickson were associated with the Human Relations School, a cadre of management scientists in and around Harvard Business School who largely rejected the cold brutality of Taylorism, which optimized time and motion in production. Lily Scherlis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025 Arnold Palmer did not join that exclusive cadre. Bob Spear, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025 Overall, a climate of fear and confusion has settled over the cadre of elite law firms known familiarly as Big Law. Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cadre
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Noun
  • So your suggestions were about altering the structure of the show?
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The structure of the film prior to its (literally) more explosive moments brings revelations that Mendoza and Garland unfold by degrees.
    Fred Schruers, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • The summit is one of the first steps in figuring out how to create a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency, says Campbell Harvey, a professor of finance at Duke University.
    Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
  • People in the crypto space see today's summit as an opportunity to talk about building a regulatory framework for the currency, which didn't happen under the Biden administration.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
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  • This hectic oddness undergirds the conspiracy theories and wild extrapolations that course through the film and provides the rickety intellectual architecture for Dr. J.’s mercenary speculations.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The architecture ensures consistent performance globally while maintaining the censorship resistance that makes Web3 valuable.
    Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Cadre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadre. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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