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as in alliance
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
preservationists formed a coalition with the theater owners to preserve these historic structures
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Recent Examples of coalition
The number of middle-income enrollees jumped from 140,000 in 2021 to 900,000 last year, according to the coalition.
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Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
The petition for the high court to hear Miller’s case has garnered support from various groups and a coalition of 16 states, which filed briefs to the Supreme Court in support of her.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2025
Miller and Johnson won with the backing of the California School Employees Association and several Service Employees International Union locals, a labor coalition that helped Pacheco to victory in 2021.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Texas Civil Rights Project Voting Rights Attorney Nina Oishi, who represented the coalition, said the group is disappointed by the ruling.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
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Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
The petition for the high court to hear Miller’s case has garnered support from various groups and a coalition of 16 states, which filed briefs to the Supreme Court in support of her.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2025
Miller and Johnson won with the backing of the California School Employees Association and several Service Employees International Union locals, a labor coalition that helped Pacheco to victory in 2021.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Texas Civil Rights Project Voting Rights Attorney Nina Oishi, who represented the coalition, said the group is disappointed by the ruling.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coalition
Noun
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The story is about a technologically superior faction obsessed with developing a single, revolutionary new weapon, a complex space-time bender.—
Marco Argenti,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Breakker and Reed are members of the Raw faction known as The Vision, led by Seth Rollins.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The mini-alliances keep shifting.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Major global ocean carriers and their vessel-sharing alliances have made efforts to adapt to the fee structure since it was announced in April so that there will be minimal impacts on both service and bottom line.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Oct. 2025
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Despite the risks, Democratic strategists like James Carville believe the party is better positioned politically, noting that Republicans control both the House and the Senate, as well as the White House.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Public opinion has historically played a decisive role in shutdown fights, with voters often blaming the party seen as most intransigent.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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Americans are divided on that topic, with 55% saying historical figures that supported the confederacy and racial segregation should not be memorialized in a June 2024 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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New York — The National Transportation Safety Board is now investigating after two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on the taxiway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Wednesday night, with the wing of one aircraft slamming into the cockpit windows of the other.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Spurs wing just watched his teammates take turns trying to score on their star center, then going back down the other end of the floor to try to do it again.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For the first half of her tenure, Engelbert seemed to enjoy a positive relationship with the players, securing major corporate partners, working with the union on a collective-bargaining agreement that looked historic at the time, keeping the league afloat during the COVID pandemic.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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While most people in established unions may grow closer, like moving in, making long-term promises, getting engaged or married or even in a business sense, like signing a contract, others that are not in alignment may go their separate ways.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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The program is open to eligible participants from counties in the eastern Upper Peninsula and the west side of the state to parts of metro Detroit, and has garnered tens of millions in public and private dollars as well as bipartisan interest from lawmakers.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Head coach Robin van Persie’s pressing scheme was to show Villa’s defenders down the line, with Feyenoord’s closest central midfielder pressing the ball-side No 10.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Messi and De Paul are on the roster the Argentine soccer federation announced on Monday.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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The former captain of the country’s women’s team fled Afghanistan back in 2011 after speaking out against corruption and abuse of power within the country’s soccer federation.—
Amanda Davies,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Coalition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coalition. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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