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a group of people acting together within a larger group
several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area
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Recent Examples of faction
Conclave depicts the Catholic church at an inflection point, with warring political factions proving themselves vain, self-serving, and hypocritical in their pursuit of power.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Until then, any game that wants to implement gameplay involving showdowns, factions, and bitter NPC feelings toward a player must either differentiate it enough to avoid infringement, license it from Warner Brothers, or gamble on WB Games' legal attention.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 26 Feb. 2025
A couple of smash hits at the box office (Wicked and Dune: Part Two) scored a clutch of nominations, while comparatively cult hits The Substance and Emilia Pérez have commanded their own factions of support.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Israel has in the past said that surveillance footage recovered in Khan Younis showed that the Bibas family was at a site belonging to the Mujahideen Brigades, a militant faction allied to Hamas.
—Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Until then, any game that wants to implement gameplay involving showdowns, factions, and bitter NPC feelings toward a player must either differentiate it enough to avoid infringement, license it from Warner Brothers, or gamble on WB Games' legal attention.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 26 Feb. 2025
A couple of smash hits at the box office (Wicked and Dune: Part Two) scored a clutch of nominations, while comparatively cult hits The Substance and Emilia Pérez have commanded their own factions of support.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Israel has in the past said that surveillance footage recovered in Khan Younis showed that the Bibas family was at a site belonging to the Mujahideen Brigades, a militant faction allied to Hamas.
—Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
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Is the issue with your party age or a lack of vision?—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2025
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The election will see Carney face off against a sharp career politician, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, whose party has lost its huge lead in opinion polls in recent weeks.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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Along Mexico Border To Hold Migrants, Report Says The Federal Reserve Cuts GDP Projections As Inflation Stays Too High Because both sides have accused one another of neglect and mistreatment, the Hulu series is intentionally told through multiple perspectives.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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For the ponytail, start by finding a deep side part.—
Fiona Embleton,
Glamour,
19 Mar. 2025
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The club that helped him soar must spread its wings and rise with him.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Recommended Safety As Trump proves unreliable, Europe rushes to firm up defenses on its own Should Hamas retain its armed wing, any incoming security force would not have a complete monopoly of arms in the strip, raising critical questions over Gaza security.—
Ghada Abdulfattah,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Assad family comes from this sect and derived significant support from it throughout its 54-year rule, which ended on December 8 when Assad fled to Moscow via Russia’s Hmeimim airbase in Latakia.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Since Thursday, more than 1,000 people—including Christian minorities and Alawites, the sect to which Assad belongs—have been killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) and local reports.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, Putin has assembled a coalition of enablers: China provides critical components for weapons systems; Iran and North Korea supply drones and armaments; Pyongyang sends thousands of mercenaries—paid for with funds that enrich the regime, not the soldiers—to serve as battlefield fodder.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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The coalition is led by the North American Bird Conservation Initiative.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
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That’s something that the team at Amazon strategically figures out what’s the best way to drop the show.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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In Portland the Outdoor Life Girl was the guest of the Portland and Oakland baseball teams.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 Mar. 2025
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That bloc’s opposition has meant the House needs Democratic votes for a CR.—
Richard McGahey,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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But the 26 other EU leaders approved the bloc's stance that there can be no negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine and that the Europeans must be involved in any talks involving their security.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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