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
Advertisement Allman is among a faction of veterans who contend that the the developer’s contract to build housing does not extend to the town center.
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Violent skirmishes broke out between the two factions and between protesters and law enforcement officers.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
Since war broke out between two factions of Sudan’s military in 2023, the conflict has been unsparingly devastating for civilians.
—Violet Ikong, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
The pattern continued as Israel expanded its war effort into Lebanon to confront Hezbollah, the militant and political faction in southern Lebanon that has been firing rockets into northern Israel for months.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Violent skirmishes broke out between the two factions and between protesters and law enforcement officers.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
Since war broke out between two factions of Sudan’s military in 2023, the conflict has been unsparingly devastating for civilians.
—Violet Ikong, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
The pattern continued as Israel expanded its war effort into Lebanon to confront Hezbollah, the militant and political faction in southern Lebanon that has been firing rockets into northern Israel for months.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
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The conference to bring the parties up to date in the lawsuit brought by the federal government that names Gov. Greg Abbott as the defendant was scheduled after the trial that had been scheduled to start Tuesday was postponed at least until November.John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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That means Baldwin will head back to Washington in the minority party with former President Donald Trump back in the White House.Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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Give them a minute to reinflate on the other side, then hang up your items to let the wrinkles fall out.David Pierce, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
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Up and down, side to side, no end, no beginning, no thrills, just motion sickness.Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Goose bumps ran up my arm as the bird stood, clumsily flapped its wings, and then fell.Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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Over the past few decades the go-to move was to simply throw out a spinning wing decoy or two (more on this in a moment).Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Some of the elders still remember the days when most Shia were mired in rural poverty, mistreated not just by Lebanon’s other sects but by their own semifeudal overlords.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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With 18 official sects, Lebanon employs a complex political system in which religious communities share power and government positions and seats in parliament are distributed in rough proportion to the country’s demographics.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Congress in recent years has been hot on the UAP trail, as a bipartisan but still somewhat fringe-y coalition of lawmakers has held hearings and applied pressure on other government entities to release information, particularly about any clandestine programs using taxpayer money.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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This, of course, is bad news for the Tuku + Genevieve coalition, who are relying on Caroline’s vote for a majority against Sol.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Vulture has reached out to Majors and Good’s team for comment.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Though Netflix’s team is undoubtedly under pressure ahead of Christmas, many of Netflix’s rivals have already made successful forays in the world of sports streaming with minimal hitches.Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
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Black men had been perceived as a voting bloc ripe for Donald Trump to attract after many expressed concerns a year ago about Joe Biden’s re-election efforts.Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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By centralizing Europe from a federalized trade bloc into a formal imperial state, policymakers would naturally encourage and foster centrifugal social forces.Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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