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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
Tillerson was part of a faction inside the administration that feuded with some of the president's senior advisers.
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Barak Ravid, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
But lots of other players had entered the game—smaller and seemingly less powerful states that sought to advance their own interests by cultivating political factions or armed groups inside such countries.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Things only get worse once the warring factions decide to move into the dilapidated home together.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
The now-dominant faction in Syria, Hayat Tahrir al Sham, an outgrowth of al Qaeda, has pledged tolerance of all minorities.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
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Barak Ravid, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
But lots of other players had entered the game—smaller and seemingly less powerful states that sought to advance their own interests by cultivating political factions or armed groups inside such countries.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Things only get worse once the warring factions decide to move into the dilapidated home together.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
The now-dominant faction in Syria, Hayat Tahrir al Sham, an outgrowth of al Qaeda, has pledged tolerance of all minorities.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
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Elon Musk backs AfD party in German newspaper opinion piece (Reuters) Follow me on Twitter.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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Almost overnight, welcome mats have suddenly been getting yanked all across the Western world over the past year in reaction to a rise in populist parties winning elections.Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 28 Dec. 2024
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During this procedure, individual hair follicles are removed from the donor area, which is often the back or sides of the scalp and transplanted to areas where baldness or hair thinning is present.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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For example, sides can be worn out using the Side Distortion tool which creates random holes in the body with Erosion or partially dim text using Blur distortion.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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After earning their wings in Sweetwater, the female pilots went on to ferry military planes around the country and tow targets while soldiers practiced shooting at them from the ground.Pam LeBlanc, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2024
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In deciding on the right strategy, Congress and the public need to take the claims of both wings of the arms industry - the Big Five and the techno-optimists of Silicon Valley – with a grain of salt.William Hartung, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Ordinary humans are known as Verity, and the two sects are explicitly forbidden from mixing.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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That particular series never came together, but in another sect of Hollywood, Clear and his fellow producer, Peter Safran, had the rights to The Monkey and a script that wasn't working.EW.com, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Through National Review, Buckley rallied a coalition that reshaped the American political landscape.Chuck DeFeo, National Review, 26 Dec. 2024
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Yet, elections cemented a vibrant democracy in Taiwan, forced India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to govern with a coalition, surprised the Pakistan incumbent, and heralded in the peaceful transition of presidential power in Indonesia to former General Prabowo Subianto.Curtis S. Chin and Jose B. Collazo, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2024
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Our team includes multiple testers with different morning routines, with multiple versions and visions of beard.Andrew Williams, WIRED, 25 Dec. 2024
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Howard senior Kaleigh Williams headlines The Baltimore Sun’s 2024 All-Metro volleyball teams as Player of the Year.Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
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While the European Union will likely to try negotiate with the Trump administration to avoid tariffs, the bloc will also have to be prepared to implement retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. and enter a potential trade war with a key partner.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters last month that the bloc is considering buying more from the U.S. to offset its reliance on Russian LNG.William Gavin, Quartz, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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