affinity group
noun
: a group of people having a common interest or goal or acting together for a specific purpose (as for a chartered tour)
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Jonathan Butcher, a senior fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, said mandatory affinity groups in public settings such as schools are inappropriate.
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Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 20 June 2025
But affinity groups for Black men who have kids with autism are a successful way to get the dads to engage with their emotions, Hannon said.
—Kenya Hunter, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Neobanks’ claims of how big their affinity groups are misleading because most of us belong to multiple affinity groups.
—Ron Shevlin, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
The Trump administration Defense Department has also banned affinity groups such as the Black Society for Engineers and the Native American Heritage Forum at military academies.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
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Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 20 June 2025
But affinity groups for Black men who have kids with autism are a successful way to get the dads to engage with their emotions, Hannon said.
—Kenya Hunter, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Neobanks’ claims of how big their affinity groups are misleading because most of us belong to multiple affinity groups.
—Ron Shevlin, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
The Trump administration Defense Department has also banned affinity groups such as the Black Society for Engineers and the Native American Heritage Forum at military academies.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
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“Affinity group.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affinity%20group. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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