variants
or less commonly gild
1
: an association of people with similar interests or pursuits
especially
: a medieval association of merchants or craftsmen
2
: a group of organisms that use the same ecological resource in a similar way
a feeding guild
Synonyms
Examples of guild in a Sentence
after his apprenticeship, he was able to join the stonemasons' guild
Recent Examples on the Web
The guild engaged in a labor stoppage for over four and a half months in 2023 that, alongside a partially overlapping SAG-AFTRA strike, ground production to a halt.
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Brent Simon, Variety, 14 Apr. 2024
The guild has been monitoring the location for instances of employer pushback or intimidation, Gumpert said.
—USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
The screenwriter guilds are calling for standard legal language protecting creators and their material from AI abuse that film and TV writers can demand to be included in their contracts.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
The guild’s Emerging Technology Committee has concluded that some jobs could well become obsolete.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Acher and fellow member Gregg Simon discussed the idea of starting a committee and brought it to Jeremy Kagan, the DGA’s longtime chair of special projects, which organizes educational and cultural programming for the guild.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2024
There is even more to celebrate than usual this year, as tonight marks the first SAG Awards since the end of the guild’s strike in November.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2024
Dawson and her colleagues formed active opera guilds in Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Pittsburgh and Red Bank, New Jersey.
—Michael J. Solender, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
For a long time, guilds prohibited women from working as butchers at all.
—Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
Brent Simon, Variety, 14 Apr. 2024
The guild has been monitoring the location for instances of employer pushback or intimidation, Gumpert said.
—USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
The screenwriter guilds are calling for standard legal language protecting creators and their material from AI abuse that film and TV writers can demand to be included in their contracts.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
The guild’s Emerging Technology Committee has concluded that some jobs could well become obsolete.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Acher and fellow member Gregg Simon discussed the idea of starting a committee and brought it to Jeremy Kagan, the DGA’s longtime chair of special projects, which organizes educational and cultural programming for the guild.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2024
There is even more to celebrate than usual this year, as tonight marks the first SAG Awards since the end of the guild’s strike in November.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2024
Dawson and her colleagues formed active opera guilds in Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Pittsburgh and Red Bank, New Jersey.
—Michael J. Solender, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
For a long time, guilds prohibited women from working as butchers at all.
—Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Guild.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guild. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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