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noun

cadre

a small core group of trained people central to an organization

In a sentence

Six example sentences with cadre, each labelled with its topic.

  • A cadre of twenty organizers ran the entire campaign, and every volunteer in the state reported to one of them.

    Politics

  • The company grew to four hundred, but a cadre of six early engineers still made every architecture decision.

    Startups

  • The hospital relies on a cadre of senior nurses who teach every new hire and set the standard for each ward.

    Medicine

  • The coach built the program around a cadre of five seniors who ran the drills before he even walked into the gym.

    Basketball

  • The observatory depends on a cadre of technicians who have aligned the mirrors every night for twenty years.

    Science

  • Motown's hits rested on a cadre of studio musicians who played on hundreds of records without ever being credited.

    Music

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