Sunni
noun
Sun·ni
ˈsu̇(n)-(ˌ)nē 
1
: the Muslims of the branch of Islam that adheres to the orthodox tradition and acknowledges the first four caliphs as rightful successors of Muhammad compare shia
2
: a Sunni Muslim
Sunni
adjective
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More than 1,000 people, many civilians, have been killed in clashes between some Sunni Bedouin tribes, Syrian government forces and factions of the Druze.
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Emily Feng, NPR, 31 July 2025
Now the Abraham Accords—the U.S.-brokered normalization pacts between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan—might expand to include the most powerful Sunni Arab state, Saudi Arabia.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
The first factor is that, like the Druze, Alawites have their own distinct beliefs that deviate from Sunni Islam.
—Güneş Murat Tezcür, The Conversation, 23 July 2025
Sectarian clashes broke last week between government forces and Druze, Sunni Bedouins and other Sunni factions.
—ABC News, 22 July 2025
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Emily Feng, NPR, 31 July 2025
Now the Abraham Accords—the U.S.-brokered normalization pacts between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan—might expand to include the most powerful Sunni Arab state, Saudi Arabia.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
The first factor is that, like the Druze, Alawites have their own distinct beliefs that deviate from Sunni Islam.
—Güneş Murat Tezcür, The Conversation, 23 July 2025
Sectarian clashes broke last week between government forces and Druze, Sunni Bedouins and other Sunni factions.
—ABC News, 22 July 2025
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Sunni
noun
Sun·ni
ˈsu̇n-(n)ē
plural Sunnis or Sunni
1
: one of the two main branches of Islam
2
: a Muslim who is a member of the Sunni branch of Islam
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