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In ancient times, a cohort was a military unit, one of ten divisions in a Roman legion. The term passed into English in the 15th century, when it was used in translations and writings about Roman history. Once cohort became established in our language, its meaning was extended, first to refer to any body of troops, then to any group of individuals with something in common, and later to a single companion. Some usage commentators have objected to this last sense because it can be hard to tell whether the plural refers to different individuals or different groups. The "companion" sense is well established in standard use, however, and its meaning is clear enough in such sentences as "her cohorts came along with her to the game."
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Red Panda’s spicy take was the first of the night, but Rabinovich and her cohorts agreed that for them, the order wouldn’t have mattered.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
But as Friedman, a child imprisoned at Auschwitz during the Holocaust, and her cohort grow older, worries are growing that the Holocaust is being distorted, denied and even forgotten.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
The cellmate was planted by the warden to extract information that will allow the government to apprehend the revolutionary’s cohorts and that brings its own pain as the men grow closer.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Cohort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cohort. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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