cadres

plural of cadre
as in structures
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 cadres Unsurprisingly, Chinese researchers have predicted that the main urban pension fund covering some 500 million urban workers, retirees, and cadres will be exhausted by the mid-2030s. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 Observers will watch closely for whether a younger generation of cadres will get promoted into key positions of power, especially the party’s politburo and its standing committee, the equivalent of Xi’s inner circle. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 In Payá’s plan, party cadres would continue their duties, just like ministers and state employees, who would answer to transition commissions. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 Its former cadres scattered to new parties formed after the 1982 constitution was promulgated. — Nick Taborall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026 Other provinces and cities have only a few dozen minister-level cadres. — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 Yet, in America hard core cadres of extreme, violence-friendly leftists, who are communists in all but name, are poised to gain control of the Democratic Party. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 His new appointees will likely face the same resistance from the older cadres in the general staff. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
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Noun
  • The main structures at the front (the spa, gym, studio, and reception) are made of natural stone with bougainvillea tumbling down their sides, set between shallow pools of water, echoing the floating effect of the resort above the mangroves.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Of that amount, $400 million is going toward measurement technologies, including cryo-electron tomography, which can reveal near-atomic structures inside cells, and microscopy systems intended to image millions to billions of cells in living tissue.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Physicians have an important role in regulating AI with these frameworks to ensure patient safety and take responsibility.
    — Esha Desai, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
  • This method is similar to other frameworks, like acceptance commitment therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.
    — Lennon Sherburne, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The company says the chip can replace dozens of components in some system architectures.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Leaders must first allow commercial suppliers the flexibility to iterate toward the most scalable, high-yield architectures, mandating open interoperability protocols once the technology reaches industrial maturity.
    — Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In their effort to recall a variety of pieces and themes while foregrounding the public infrastructures that enabled their exhibition, Armani and Siegel demur from much evaluation.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The city of about 250,000 people has been rattled by a series of drone strikes that hit oil and power infrastructures.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Both skeletons had deep rounded grooves in their teeth, apparently caused by constantly sucking on whole betel nuts.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That discovery could potentially expose the skeletons in the NFL’s closet, shedding light on the league’s allegedly discriminatory hiring practices.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Cadres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadres. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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