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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
The latest installment picks up with Seabrook’s zombie-cheerleader-alien dream team, Zed and Addison, back from a summer road trip and stepping into new roles as camp counselors for two rival monster factions.
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Kaila Garrett, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
More than 1,000 people, many civilians, have been killed in clashes between some Sunni Bedouin tribes, Syrian government forces and factions of the Druze.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 31 July 2025
Well, Hamas is a small faction within the Palestinian people.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
Max, Hank, and Nora track their rogue family members, until the two factions face off against each other in a full-on battle for the Thundermans’ future.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 31 July 2025
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Kaila Garrett, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
More than 1,000 people, many civilians, have been killed in clashes between some Sunni Bedouin tribes, Syrian government forces and factions of the Druze.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 31 July 2025
Well, Hamas is a small faction within the Palestinian people.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
Max, Hank, and Nora track their rogue family members, until the two factions face off against each other in a full-on battle for the Thundermans’ future.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
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Getty Images The ongoing battle between Rayo Vallecano president Raúl Martín Presa and the club’s supporters has taken another ugly turn as the two parties hit out at each other on Sunday ahead of the team’s first home league fixture of the 2025/26 campaign against reigning champions FC Barcelona.—
Sam Leveridge,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Ksenia, whom Baranov meets at a hedonistic party in the early 1990s as counterculturals rage amid the dawn of a new, post-USSR Russian era, is indicated as a grifting wild thing, the type who always has a mysterious male benefactor to keep her in minks.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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One side of the restaurant will also offer traditional, sit-down dining service.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Her head moved side to side before concern and confusion settled over her face.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Rub classic wings, Mango Habanero boneless wings, and Hickory Smoked BBQ boneless wings.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
31 Aug. 2025
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Think of it as an air wing on the back of a car, but going the opposite direction and into the water behind the boat.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Brotherhood bears some resemblance to the Bruderhof, a tiny Christian pacifist sect founded in Germany in the nineteen-twenties that left its country of origin and spread around the globe in response to Nazi Fascism.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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In Chinese myths, being an immortal can sort of feel like being a government employee — celestial bureaucracies make decisions that affect both the heavenly and mortal realms, and leaders of different immortal sects can engage in power plays and politics.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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The coalition represents slightly more than half of the seats in parliament.—
Phisanu Phromchanya,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Flotilla coalition is a massive effort to break the siege on Gaza, and people from 44 countries are taking part.—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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This is, by any measure, a stronger team on paper than the one which entered 2023 or 2024.—
Howard Megdal,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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In Media posted a video Aug. 25 that shows a counselor who appears to be speaking to someone in a school about not disclosing their child's transgender identity so the student can play on the school's girls' sports team and use the girls' bathrooms.—
Bebe Hodges,
The Enquirer,
29 Aug. 2025
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The bloc’s current chair is Holness, who is also campaigning for another term with general elections in Jamaica scheduled for Sept. 3.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
24 Aug. 2025
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The report also said Italian exporters should focus on markets with high growth potential, such as the South American trade bloc, which contributed 7.5 billion euros to Italian exports.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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