Thesaurus results for CONFEDERACY

confederacy

noun

kən-ˈfe-d(ə-)rə-sē

as in union

an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection a confederacy of several small nations who had promised to come to one another's aid if any were attacked

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Recent Examples of confederacy The Wainfleet area falls within the traditional homeland of the Six Nations of the Grand River, a confederacy comprising the Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Tuscarora peoples — the Haudenosaunee. —

Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026 Even in contemporary political and intellectual discourse, there remains an attachment to a particular stupid southern conservatism, the ideocratic confederacy. —

Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026 The confederacy of tribes was pressured into ceding lands to the state of New York, and further displaced by ensuing frontier settlement. —

Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025 The clouds are as much a character in Murphy’s work as the cowboys, though the former are unchanged since the Oceti Sakowin first formed their confederacy. —

Casey Cep, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for confederacy

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The coalition, including the Motion Picture Association and the Hollywood unions, is pushing for a carve-out that would exempt film credits from the new limitation.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 June 2026
Kemp said the union was told that the carriage owner has suspended the driver indefinitely and plans to retire the horse involved in the accident.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 19 June 2026