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as in factions
a group of people acting together within a larger group
a whole bloc of students got together to complain
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as in coalitions
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
the bloc that the United States and most of western Europe formed during the Cold War
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Recent Examples of blocs
The last three rounds of Marquette polls show Harris has a slight edge among older voters and union households in Wisconsin, key voting blocs that Sanders aimed to mobilize Monday.
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Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2024
Two districts touching the I-95 corridor with solid Democratic voting blocs have Republican representation.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Oct. 2024
Latinos are one of the fastest growing voting blocs in the country.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
Tension between the world’s main blocs was running high.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2022
Zimbabwe needs help from its international partners, as well as from neighboring countries and regional blocs, to stave of total economic collapse.
—Tendai Biti, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2019
For much of the early half of the 20th century, these groups behaved as unified voting blocs, bound by a cohesive social identity.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
And Obama, reset or no, continued efforts to expand the Western economic and military blocs that had started under Clinton in the 1990s.
—Robert David English, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2017
But Putin’s skepticism was easy to understand given the West’s record of undermining Moscow’s allies, as in Serbia, Georgia, and Ukraine, and then seeking to anchor their new regimes in the Western political and military blocs.
—Robert David English, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2017
Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2024
Two districts touching the I-95 corridor with solid Democratic voting blocs have Republican representation.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Oct. 2024
Latinos are one of the fastest growing voting blocs in the country.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
Tension between the world’s main blocs was running high.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2022
Zimbabwe needs help from its international partners, as well as from neighboring countries and regional blocs, to stave of total economic collapse.
—Tendai Biti, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2019
For much of the early half of the 20th century, these groups behaved as unified voting blocs, bound by a cohesive social identity.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
And Obama, reset or no, continued efforts to expand the Western economic and military blocs that had started under Clinton in the 1990s.
—Robert David English, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2017
But Putin’s skepticism was easy to understand given the West’s record of undermining Moscow’s allies, as in Serbia, Georgia, and Ukraine, and then seeking to anchor their new regimes in the Western political and military blocs.
—Robert David English, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blocs
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Best new artist is Roan’s to lose, even if there will likely be some votes siphoned off by Carpenter, who undoubtedly is loved by much the same factions of Academy members that would naturally go for Roan.Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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Nationwide, more factions are forming within the Republican Party because of internal tensions between opposing ideologies, said Dave Hopkins, a political science professor at Boston College.Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
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And in time, America’s demography and its political coalitions could change in ways that might help our politics come unstuck.Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
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In building these and other coalitions, the Biden administration has always made fellow democracies its first port of call.Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
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That puts it reassuringly outside the capability of even a wealthy tech bro, who wouldn’t have the money or the diplomatic alliances required, as Cynthia Scharf, senior fellow at the International Center for Future Generations, told me.Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The company is developing several clinical programs, including TRX100 for influenza and TRX01 for COVID-19, and is seeking strategic alliances and funding to support these initiatives.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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As new technologies are introduced, unions have historically ensured new jobs for workers who lose them, severance, or retraining, said Lisa Kresge, a researcher at the University of California Berkeley’s Labor Center.Jenn Brice, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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Talks now turn to the automation of ports, which the unions says will lead to fewer jobs, and other sticking points.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Blocs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blocs. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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