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 The troupe combines the Irish step and tap tradition with contemporary movement. Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025 Much like the auteur’s work, Tara Wood’s Tim Burton Docuseries is engaging from the get-go in Episode 1, from the flurry of fascinating stories from the actors in Burton’s troupe to the presentation of Burton’s immense catalogue of artwork by Jenny He. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 Clad in black and hovering around the star, dancing adroitly in and out of the shadows, Williams’s cine-theatre army functions like a troupe of bunraku puppeteers. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025 He's also become a regular in Wes Anderson's troupe of A-listers, having starred in Isle of Dogs (2018), Asteroid City (2023), and this year's The Phoenician Scheme. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for troupe
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Noun
  • From Yellowstone co-creator Sheridan, 1923 stars Oscar winners Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford alongside an impressive ensemble that also includes Brandon Sklenar, Jerome Flynn, Darren Mann, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, Michelle Randolph, Sebastian Roché, Timothy Dalton and Jennifer Carpenter.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The singer paired the simple ensemble with knee-length shorts, black tights and black and white heels.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Russian troops often carve that backs off their assault cars’ cabs in order to facilitate a quick exit, so there was nothing but a possible thin screen to stop an FPV that barreled toward the anti-tank mine resting in the back of one idling Lada.
    David Axe, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • But gains in another Russian region such as Belgorod could draw Russian troops away from Kursk where Kyiv is fighting to hold on to territory; both regions offer bargaining chips for an end to the war whose diplomacy is becoming evermore complicated.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The company has a large loyal customer base in Miami and has been in Florida for more than seven years.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • That, of course, garnered the company another patent, one that is almost certainly a time and cost-saver for the company.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2025

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“Troupe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troupe. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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