as in party
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
Uchral was seen as a compromise between factions in the Mongolian People's Party loyal to the president and others loyal to a former prime minister, Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai.
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ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
What's the impact of having a country where different factions inside the country are actually aligning with enemies outside the country?
—Steven Stalinsky, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Each faction packs completely different units and building designs and strategies, so even if one of your favorites hasn't been included, expect a deep and flexible take on RTS warfare.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 Mar. 2026
But his death at the hands of the US and Israel last month could clear a path for the regime’s hardest-line factions to rethink the ruling.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
What's the impact of having a country where different factions inside the country are actually aligning with enemies outside the country?
—Steven Stalinsky, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Each faction packs completely different units and building designs and strategies, so even if one of your favorites hasn't been included, expect a deep and flexible take on RTS warfare.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 Mar. 2026
But his death at the hands of the US and Israel last month could clear a path for the regime’s hardest-line factions to rethink the ruling.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
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The grandiose space’s massive stage and high-caliber lighting rigs promise extravagant parties and ceremonies that will light up the city’s social calendar.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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Brimming with stone and natural light, the interior is calming yet possesses grandeur worthy of glamorous parties.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Mar. 2026
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About half of the vessels turn off radio identification systems that show their location before going through, and reappear on the other side in the Gulf of Oman.—
David McHugh,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Authorities say large portions of concrete are impacting both sides of the freeway.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Piker is one of the few prominent left-wing voices operating in digital spaces where young men congregate.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Freshman wing Clara Bielefeld also stands at 6-4 after arriving from Germany.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2026
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Islam has two major sects that are often in conflict.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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His ideas precipitated a tectonic crisis of political legitimacy and unleashed a series of continent-wide wars, sometimes featuring millenarian protocommunist sects like the Anabaptists, who sought to overthrow the social order.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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If Paxton secures the nomination, it will likely be driven by the unwavering support of the GOP’s grassroots base, the same coalition that helped revive his political standing after he was impeached and later acquitted on corruption charges by the Texas legislature three years ago.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Mar. 2026
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And so our coalition, early in Johnson’s administration, met with the mayor and deputy mayor to establish the office through ordinance; since October 2024, the mayor has backed away from the effort and remained silent and nonresponsive about this necessary strategy.—
Michael Pfleger,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Welcome back Rookie first-round draft pick Nique Clifford and point guard Hayes were upgraded from questionable to available on the team’s injury report Saturday morning.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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And by the time the principal and interest are fully paid off, in 2048, public payments for the team will total slightly less than one and a half billion dollars.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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As ideological blocs collapsed, political scientist Samuel Huntington’s influential 1996 book Clash of Civilizations articulated a growing anxiety that globalization would harden into cultural antagonism rather than consensus.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Oklahoma lawmakers are quietly trying to buck tradition and manipulate election outcomes in hopes that a small, but energized Republican voting bloc will revisit issues voters have already decided.—
Barbara Hoberock,
Oklahoma Voice,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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