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as in treaty
a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples
the smaller countries signed an alliance pledging to protect one another against the belligerent behemoth in their midst
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as in coalition
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
an alliance between the French and the Algonquians to check Iroquois advances into their territory
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as in partnership
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
in alliance with booksellers, the nation's schools are promoting National Reading Month
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Recent Examples of alliance
That prospect has moved closer than ever in the past seven days, but Norway told the world again that its alliance is with the Palestinian people.
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Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
In the show, which Lincoln Hiatt and Andrew Golder created, contestants are confined to isolation pods with no sense of day or night, no human contact and no alliances – somewhat against the grain of the current spate of guessing game formats that require contestants to form pacts.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Although Denmark was neutral, both sides sought to enlist it, and the British government expressed fears that the Danish fleet would be used against Britain, either as a result of an alliance of Denmark with France or through French seizure of the fleet.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
This alliance seems to satisfy Uncle Grant, but Malcolm is fuming.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
In the show, which Lincoln Hiatt and Andrew Golder created, contestants are confined to isolation pods with no sense of day or night, no human contact and no alliances – somewhat against the grain of the current spate of guessing game formats that require contestants to form pacts.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Although Denmark was neutral, both sides sought to enlist it, and the British government expressed fears that the Danish fleet would be used against Britain, either as a result of an alliance of Denmark with France or through French seizure of the fleet.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
This alliance seems to satisfy Uncle Grant, but Malcolm is fuming.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alliance
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Some experts hoped a potential global plastics treaty, the subject of years-long negotiations, could boost efforts to regulate harmful chemicals, but the latest round of talks collapsed in failure in August.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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There are also treaties and orders that focus on education and spell out the federal government’s responsibility to help coordinate and give money to support tribal education.—
Cynthia Lindquist,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Prime Minister’s critics, even within his coalition, have long accused him of prolonging the war for political survival.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s grandiose peace plan still ended up phased and conditional – granting the Israeli leader political leeway with his hardline coalition.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Another factor is whether your partnership's no-trump range is a strict 15-17 or includes good 14-counts.—
Deb Harvell,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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This collaboration exemplifies the company’s composable weapons strategy, which aims to create more flexible and adaptable missile systems through strategic partnerships, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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Variations on a theme These French mega-pacts aren’t the only examples of networks and streamers playing nice.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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Yet the attack would provide the impetus for the peace pact.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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The clouds are as much a character in Murphy’s work as the cowboys, though the former are unchanged since the Oceti Sakowin first formed their confederacy.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the sixteenth century, the nomadic, reindeer-herding Sámi people of what’s now northern Sweden and Finland and the Shawnee of the Ohio Valley in North America, who lived in farming villages organized as a confederacy, didn’t necessarily have much in common.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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As a precaution, health and trade associations are urging consumers and bars to destroy or properly dispose of empty bottles to prevent counterfeiters from reusing them in the production of fake liquor.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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The players’ association and the WNBA agreed to an eight-year deal in 2020, but last year the WNBPA voted to opt out of the agreement early.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Thousands of employees at the departments of Education, Treasury, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, are set to receive layoff notices, according to spokespeople for the agencies and union representatives for federal workers.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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The figure was detailed in a court document the Justice Department submitted in response to a lawsuit from unions representing government workers.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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Presented by Capital One, the collaboration dinner with Chef Amosu and Oyediran took place at Platform by the James Beard Foundation at New York City’s Pier 57 on September 30th, 2025.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
8 Oct. 2025
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So, while firing a worker solely for a statement or a belief may be shortsighted, companies can and will take action when employee behavior erodes trust, respect, or collaboration.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Alliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alliance. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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