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as in coalition
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 bloc
That remains to be seen, particularly with the strong international voting bloc in the Academy.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
Fifteen member countries, including Denmark, Finland, and Italy, drafted a letter in May 2024 asking European Union leaders to restrict the ability of refugees to seek asylum, just months after the bloc approved new rules that could indefinitely jail asylum seekers, including children.
—Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2025
The alliance announced on Wednesday that 40 billion euros ($41.6 billion) which had been agreed by the bloc's 32 members during its Washington, D.C. summit last July would be sent to Kyiv this year.
—Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
The president’s foray into California’s perennial water wars underscores the growing influence of this bloc of farmers, lawmakers, and advocates with access to the administration.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
Fifteen member countries, including Denmark, Finland, and Italy, drafted a letter in May 2024 asking European Union leaders to restrict the ability of refugees to seek asylum, just months after the bloc approved new rules that could indefinitely jail asylum seekers, including children.
—Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2025
The alliance announced on Wednesday that 40 billion euros ($41.6 billion) which had been agreed by the bloc's 32 members during its Washington, D.C. summit last July would be sent to Kyiv this year.
—Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
The president’s foray into California’s perennial water wars underscores the growing influence of this bloc of farmers, lawmakers, and advocates with access to the administration.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloc
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Where Brits feel like suspicious maniacs—one of the most rewarding things about UK Traits is seeing relatively clever people so certain in their wrongness—Americans are lambs to the slaughter, bound up in factions blind to internal threats.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
12 Feb. 2025
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The Syrian army is still being cobbled from various armed factions and is still a work in progress.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
12 Feb. 2025
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The groups represented seven trans children, a coalition of trans-affirming medical providers, and the LGBTQ+ advocacy group.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
18 Feb. 2025
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Germany’s mainstream parties have refused to enter coalitions with the AfD, which German intelligence agencies classify as an extremist organization.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Events make our bookstore fun, and midnight release parties are our favorites!—
American Booksellers Association,
USA TODAY,
9 Feb. 2025
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The 1970s in particular were a wild time for New Orleans, as the traditional celebration started to merge with the free-love party era, contributing to massive, raucous crowds filling Bourbon Street.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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European foreign ministers agreed on Saturday that allowing Ukraine to join the military alliance in the future could be the easiest and most cost-efficient way to deter Russia from future aggression toward its neighbor.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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Earlier this week, NATO allies were left scrambling for direction after Trump’s administration signaled concessions to Moscow, upending the alliance’s approach to an almost three-year-old war.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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The team's aging core of 32-year-old Kyrie Irving and 31-year-old Anthony Davis could certainly use the defensive help along the wing.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Elsewhere in New Delhi, members of the youth wing of India’s main opposition party burned an effigy of Trump.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN,
7 Feb. 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
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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 reason each side keeps going is to punish their respective arch nemesis and salvage their reputations.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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Draw a circle with a 5- to 6-inch diameter on one side of the parchment.—
Martin Sorge,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild will bestow Allison Janney with the union’s top honor, the Distinguished Artisan Award, on Saturday during the 12th annual MUAHS Awards.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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In a recent article, Newsweek covered a new report by Realtor.com which said that the factors that fueled the state's massive population growth in recent years—affordable housing, jobs and good weather—will continue in the future, making Texas the largest state in the union by 2045.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Bloc.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloc. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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