How to Use coalition in a Sentence
coalition
noun- The groups united to form a coalition.
- A multiparty coalition ruled the country.
- The group is working in coalition with other environmental groups.
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The Dutch were part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting in Afghanistan at the time.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2022
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One of the issues brought up by the coalition had to do with the lack of data.
—John Benson, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2022
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The coalition of hotels involved in talks with the union welcomed the deal.
—John Antczak, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
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The coalitions working to keep the world safe from AI must start looking more like it.
—Hamza Chaudhry, TIME, 24 July 2024
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Neo-Nazis and skinheads threatened the goals of this coalition.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
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Suburban women were a core part of the coalition that helped Democrats take the White House in 2020.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2024
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Now, Biden must make the case — both at home and abroad — for sustaining that coalition as the war drags on.
—Zeke Miller and, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
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The coalition that drew up the proposal is not required by law to come up with a way to pay for it.
—Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
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The strike will move forward if a deal isn’t reached by Sept. 30, when the unions’ current contracts expire, the coalition said.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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Rutte may turn to the right wing for coalition partners more in sync with his new stance on migration.
—Time, 10 July 2023
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But, look, the point is, is that Joe Biden knows how to put together a winning coalition.
—ABC News, 5 Feb. 2023
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After that, the fabric of the coalition tore, slowly and painfully.
—Ellen Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2022
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Scholz, of course, suffers from the fallout of the war in Ukraine, which has strained his coalition and driven up prices in Germany.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
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Our coalition partners lost a lot of their -- their soldiers.
—CBS News, 11 Sep. 2022
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The current government is a tense coalition between the ÖVP and Greens.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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It’s in part a result of the committee’s nuts and bolts coalition building.
—Justin Worland, Time, 14 Dec. 2022
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Maryland is not part of the Democratic coalition that filed the lawsuit.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2023
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Orsi on Sunday won 49.8% of the vote with his Frente Amplio coalition.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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Terror is not a word used loosely by the coalition members.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
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The economy is in free fall and the weak coalition government seems helpless to stop it.
—Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2022
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Last week, a coalition of civil rights groups filed new lawsuits on behalf of a dozen inmates at the Dublin prison.
—Tim Arango, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
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The main issue, the coalition found, was that many cards were sent to outdated addresses.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
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For the past five years, the Socialists have ruled the country in a coalition with Podemos, a populist extreme left-wing force.
—José María Aznar, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
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The party’s extended surge in the polls comes on the back of mounting discontent with the ruling coalition.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
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And so the key here needs to be forming a coalition that can block China's attempt to dominate Asia.
—CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
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On coalition formation, the easiest option is a partnership with the SPD which would give a slight majority (52%).
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Alsup handed down the order on a temporary restraining order sought by labor unions and nonprofits in a lawsuit filed by the coalition last week.
—Janie Har The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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