Thesaurus results for FACTION

faction

noun

ˈfak-shən

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 New Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has endorsed the talks but his relative silence and non-visibility have created space for Iran’s various internal factions to disagree over the way forward. —

Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026 The second includes former revolutionaries, reformists, communist factions and groups such as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), many of whom emerged from or once supported the revolutionary system before later opposing it. —

Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026 But instead of fostering an inclusive democracy, this ruling enables party factions to build higher walls around smaller groups of voters. —

Kent Thiry, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026 Among the most prominent Islamic militant groups are Boko Haram and its breakaway faction, known as ISWAP. —

ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for faction

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The most exuberant farewell event—a dance party at the White House—took place on January 6th.

— Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Tall served as Mali’s education and science minister from 2016 to 2017 and is the president of the National Congress for Democratic Initiative, a political party opposed to the military government.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026