supergroup
noun
                                                                                                                            
                                                            su·per·group
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  ˈsü-pər-ˌgrüp 
                                                      
                                                          
            
            
               plural supergroups            
        
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        a
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : a group made up of very talented, renowned, or expert members                                      
              
                             
… a blog run by an international supergroup of academic linguists …—
Deb Amlen
                         
                
                                
            especially                
          
                                                      : a musical group made up of established, prominent musicians                                       
              
                             
            Phoebe Bridgers' latest effort is a supergroup called Boygenius with two other singer-songwriters, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus …    —
Joe Hagan          
                                       [Jeff] Lynne was also a member of the supergroup Traveling Wilburys alongside George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison.    —
Rachel DeSantis          
                                       Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young played their second gig at Woodstock, in front of nearly 500,000 people, announcing the arrival of one of rock's first—and greatest—supergroups.    —
Charisma Madarang          
                         
            
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                                                      : an extremely successful musical group                                      
              
                             
The oldest member of the K-pop supergroup BTS has completed five weeks of basic training as part of his mandatory military service in South Korea.—
Gawon Bae and Heather Chen
                         
                
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                                                      : a large group                                      
              
                             
This observation of a supergroup of ~1000 foraging fin whales is among the largest aggregations of baleen whales ever recorded.—
Conor Ryan et al.
                         
                
                                
            also                
          
                                                      : a large group or entity made up of two or more groups or entities                                       
              
                             
            Catching many Southern California hospitals by surprise, two large medical groups are merging, creating what one observer called a "medical supergroup."    —
Steve Taravella          
                         
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  Merriam-Webster unabridged




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