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
Various factions of Trump’s economic team have been working to decide the best way to roll out tariffs.
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David Goldman, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
On the Palestinian side, there are plenty of opportunities for spoiler violence by hard-liners, by militant factions who don’t like the way things are going, and by people who just want revenge for all the horrible things that have been done to them.
—Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
This upcoming Souls-like action RPG is set in the dark realm of Shu, where warring factions and a mysterious monster-spawning plague plunge the world into ruin.
—Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
Clashes between rival cartel factions have recently turned the northwest state of Sinaloa into a war zone.
—Simon Romero, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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David Goldman, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
On the Palestinian side, there are plenty of opportunities for spoiler violence by hard-liners, by militant factions who don’t like the way things are going, and by people who just want revenge for all the horrible things that have been done to them.
—Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
This upcoming Souls-like action RPG is set in the dark realm of Shu, where warring factions and a mysterious monster-spawning plague plunge the world into ruin.
—Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
Clashes between rival cartel factions have recently turned the northwest state of Sinaloa into a war zone.
—Simon Romero, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
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One way to look at Hegseth’s confirmation—despite the concerns among many in the Capitol about the wisdom of putting him in charge of the mightiest military on the planet—is to see it as proof of Trump’s tight grip on his party.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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President Donald Trump will be speaking Monday afternoon at a House Republican conference in Miami, a three-day retreat to overcome internal party differences about how to pay for sweeping tax cuts while also cutting trillions from federal spending.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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With all that, all sides have long admitted that there had been extensive discussions with WBTV and Wells with the Crichton estate over putting together an ER sequel of sorts.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2025
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Barcelona drew 2-2 with Atalanta which meant Gian Piero Gasperini's side dropped out of the top eight.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
The Athletic,
30 Jan. 2025
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Chicken wings inside a refrigerator measured at an unsafe temperature.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
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The first 13 games of the season were brutal for Milwaukee Bucks wing Gary Trent Jr.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Set in Europe during the Dark Ages, the story sees hordes from Hell invading Europe when the Six Petals, a secret sect of the Knights Templar, pray to God to drive back the demonic scourge.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Jan. 2025
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Protests by members of the Alawite community, the minority sect the Assad family belongs to, erupted last week in Homs after video showing an Alawite shrine in Aleppo being vandalized circulated online.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC News,
31 Dec. 2024
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In April of last year a coalition of civil rights groups and medical organizations sued the FDA for missing its own deadline to ban menthol.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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The article addressed an effort by a coalition of red state legislators in support of state-level laws to exclude undocumented immigrants from birthright citizenship.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Mavericks looked like one of the NBA’s elite teams before their best player getting hurt.—
Eric Koreen,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Our team of cleaning experts shared plenty of tips and tricks over the past year, but there were a few that really stood out.—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2025
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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
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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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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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