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as in faction
a group of people acting together within a larger group rival coalitions struggling for control of the party

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as in alliance
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection preservationists formed a coalition with the theater owners to preserve these historic structures

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Recent Examples of coalition Between Germany’s new coalition agreement and the country’s recent fiscal U-turn, stimulus is set to soar in Europe’s biggest economy. Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025 Could a recession evoke feelings of nostalgia, recalling memories of the previous financial crisis, when the economy and labor force endured major damage but at least the international democratic coalition didn’t seem so shaky? Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2025 The years of bitter debate divided and radicalized the Conservative Party, which governed from 2010 to 2024 with a patchwork of policies on immigration and trade that reflected the unwieldy coalition behind Brexit. Mark Landler, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 Democrats have pounced on Trump’s tariffs in recent weeks as only boosting prices for consumers and causing international chaos, but much of the labor movement, a key part of the party’s coalition, supports tariffs to some extent to protect their industries from foreign competition. Jared Gans, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coalition
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  • Paxton, a figure in the Texas GOP’s rising far-right faction, has long traded barbs with Cornyn, representative of the state party’s old guard.
    Julia Manchester, The Hill, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The faction can be traced back to WWE in May 2020, initially established as The Hurt Business, featuring MVP, Lashley, Benjamin, and later Cedric Alexander.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
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  • Some may have felt your intimate needs were not being met or that there’s been a need for revision around trust, vulnerability and alliances.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • SkyTeam updates lounge access rules One of the three major alliances, SkyTeam has updated its lounge access rules for many of its member airlines and airports.
    Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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  • The outlet reported that Sanchez had two engagement parties – one in Beverly Hills and another in Positano, Italy.
    Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • In the Kirk podcast interview, Newsom broke with many in his party on the issue of transgender women in sports.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
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  • Men were the representatives of their clans and nations in the Haudenosaunee council, which made decisions for the confederacy as a whole.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Adams wanted to align the young Republic with Great Britain, while Jefferson favored a confederacy with France.
    Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Aug. 2024
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  • The Bruins have added four transfers in point guard Donovan Dent, wing Jamar Brown and centers Xavier Booker and Steven Jamerson II.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Australian wing Jacob Furphy rounds out the class and is ranked No. 95 in the class by 247Sports.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
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  • The plant closures tore up communities, vaporizing what had been stable union jobs.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Local 2 deserves not only the support of all other union members but also of Chicago residents.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
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  • This April 3, 2025, photo taken at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, shows fragments of the Japanese Zero fighter that a kamikaze pilot flew into the side of the USS Missouri during the Battle of Okinawa on April 11, 1945.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Coogler opens with traumatized sharecropper Sammie (impressive newcomer Miles Caton), smeared with blood and fresh claw marks gouged into the side of his face, staggering mid-service into the church where his father preaches, clutching his guitar.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • Last year, exports of Swiss watches to the region were valued at 3.8 billion francs, or $4.3 billion, an increase of 622 percent in 25 years, according to figures published by the Swiss watch federation.
    Nazanin Lankarani, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The neighborhood federation then appealed again to the city council, which voted 5-0 on March 19 to support the appeal and overturn the zoning decision, with less than two weeks to go before the April 1 start of citywide trash collection under the new hauler.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Coalition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coalition. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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