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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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In 2024, Parliament was briefly suspended when Māori lawmakers performed a haka opposing the Treaty Principles Bill, which sought to reinterpret the 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Māori.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Broken treaties Monday, October 13 is Indigenous People’s Day.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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The protests, organized by a coalition of left-leaning groups, were scheduled amid a federal government shutdown.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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More than 2,600 rallies are planned Saturday in cities large and small, organized by hundreds of coalition partners.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The organization has a partnership with the nonprofit Allbritton Journalism Institute, which sponsors a multi-year class of 20 fellows who work closely with professional journalists in the newsroom.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Alongside the build of seven Astute class submarines – of which HMS Agamemnon is the sixth – BAE Systems is also constructing four Dreadnought class boats in partnership with the wider Defence Nuclear Enterprise.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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The cap situation was tight heading into the offseason, and things got more restrictive when Trent Frederic and Evan Bouchard signed long-term pacts.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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That pact, which went into effect in 2020, is up for renegotiation next year.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 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
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Politicians toy with those associations in their own cowboy costuming.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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Their risk of major depression rose by about 16%, while there was no significant association among men.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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The union is striking for higher wages and benefits and hiring more employees to fill staffing shortages.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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Trustee Demetrio Gonzalez Hoy, the lone vote against the measure, warned that tripling the daily substitute teacher rate could be seen as a union busting tactic that would also encourage staff to strike longer.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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The last issue came out in 1932, under the direction of his wife, Nelly, dedicated to his memory and produced with the collaboration of active and former members of De Stijl.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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Each of them spoke about the importance of innovation and collaboration in order to overcome the most pressing issues facing rural health systems and about the importance of being vocal advocates for accessible and affordable health care.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Alliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alliance. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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