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
For this is the location of the Performing Garage, home for nearly half a century to that most storied of experimental theater troupes in New York, the Wooster Group.
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Ben Brantley, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Just as screen legend Buster Keaton got his start as a child on the vaudeville stage as part of his family’s traveling troupe, so too has Kenan Thompson molded and expanded on his comedy from a very young age.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Apr. 2025
The Hartford Improv Festival concludes with six performances comprising of dozens of improv troupes plus several workshops in a single day.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2025
Akiva Schaffer, one of the masterminds behind digital and film comedy troupe The Lonely Island, takes the director’s chair.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
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Ben Brantley, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Just as screen legend Buster Keaton got his start as a child on the vaudeville stage as part of his family’s traveling troupe, so too has Kenan Thompson molded and expanded on his comedy from a very young age.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Apr. 2025
The Hartford Improv Festival concludes with six performances comprising of dozens of improv troupes plus several workshops in a single day.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2025
Akiva Schaffer, one of the masterminds behind digital and film comedy troupe The Lonely Island, takes the director’s chair.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troupe
Noun
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Another major awards player, the SAG Awards, first introduced a similar category, outstanding performance by a stunt ensemble, in 2007.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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The singer wore an all-black ensemble consisting of a leather jacket paired with a black catsuit.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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But Ukrainian troops are thin on the ground in Kherson as the general staff in Kyiv concentrates its best heavy forces in the east, where the Ukrainians are finally reversing some recent gains by increasingly weary Russian field armies.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The number of former troops returning to the military after refusing to take the COVID-19 shot has been low.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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The company said a 20% U.S. tariff on imports from the European Union, which Mr. Trump announced on April 2 before pausing them, would require the company to hike prices by 10% beginning April 15.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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In September 2024, the company restocked the viral totes that notably resemble L.L. Bean’s tote bags.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Troupe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troupe. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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