as in faction
a group of people acting together within a larger group
one sect of medical researchers holds the minority view that the disease is not caused by that virus
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Recent Examples of sect
The Druze are an Arab sect of roughly one million people who primarily live in Syria, Lebanon and Israel.
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Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
Companies, colleges and churches with alleged links to David Jang's Olivet Christian sect are being sued by a creditor who is claiming at least $8.6 million in damages over allegations of racketeering and wire fraud.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh
naveed Jamali, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Rembrandt’s The Woman Taken in Adultery (1644) tells the story of how Jesus’s compliance with Jewish law was put to the test by a council of Pharisees (members of a biblical Jewish sect that was fanatical about obeying religious laws), who bring an adulteress before him.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
The Druze, an Arab sect of roughly one million people, practice an offshoot of Islam which permits no converts – either to or from the religion – and no intermarriage.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
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Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
Companies, colleges and churches with alleged links to David Jang's Olivet Christian sect are being sued by a creditor who is claiming at least $8.6 million in damages over allegations of racketeering and wire fraud.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh
naveed Jamali, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Rembrandt’s The Woman Taken in Adultery (1644) tells the story of how Jesus’s compliance with Jewish law was put to the test by a council of Pharisees (members of a biblical Jewish sect that was fanatical about obeying religious laws), who bring an adulteress before him.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
The Druze, an Arab sect of roughly one million people, practice an offshoot of Islam which permits no converts – either to or from the religion – and no intermarriage.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
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Zeta Tijuana, an investigative magazine, reported in 2023 that Huerta’s Arellano Félix cell had colluded with corrupt Tijuana police officers to steal a massive drug shipment from a rival Sinaloa faction — an episode that prompted cartel hitmen to hunt down and kill the dirty cops.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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Two factions — Membership First and Unite for Strength — vied for power for two decades.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Right-wing opposition parties sympathetic to Áñez this month won a congressional majority in Bolivia's election that signaled an end to almost two decades of dominance by Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism, or MAS, party.—
ISABEL DEBRE,
Arkansas Online,
31 Aug. 2025
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Zenith may have been a little late to the meteorite party, but better late than never.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
31 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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Threat Detection Needs Trustworthy Data On the threat detection side, AI is already proving its worth by filtering noise, detecting anomalies and identifying malicious behavior that traditional tools might miss.—
Craig Davies,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Some important progress has been made — Barca released a video on August 13 showing progress in the internal public areas of the stadium, the playing surface installed, and seating in place in the Gol Sud (south goal) and Tribuna (down one side of the pitch) stands.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Sect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sect. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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