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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
Far-right parties, including those in Netanyahu's ruling coalition, supported the bills.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
There are still forces in his coalition who are pressing for it.
—Time Staff, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The network is a coalition of 230 Pentecostal Assemblies of God churches across the state.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Members of Netanyahu's coalition have been calling for years for Israel to formally annex parts of the West Bank, territory to which Israel cites biblical and historical ties.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
There are still forces in his coalition who are pressing for it.
—Time Staff, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The network is a coalition of 230 Pentecostal Assemblies of God churches across the state.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Members of Netanyahu's coalition have been calling for years for Israel to formally annex parts of the West Bank, territory to which Israel cites biblical and historical ties.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coalition
Noun
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For centuries, a peace treaty between humans and the Black World — which houses all manner of witches, demons, and ghouls — has been in place to ensure separation between the two factions.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Rotunda is also the father of the late Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas, who plays the role of Uncle Howdy in the Wyatt Sicks faction.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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In the final round of the game, Morgan’s new alliance invaded Annabelle’s group and took most of their resource points.—
Kaleb Demerew,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Executives hope the alliance will bear similar fruit this year.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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Cuomo’s desperate campaign — almost certainly his last — tried to knit together a coalition of Republicans, independents, and Democrats worried that a socialist mayor would wreck their city and their party.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Reuters/Ipsos polling indicates that both parties are facing criticism from the public.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Long before settlers came to the Americas, there was a confederacy and governance system between three tribes: the Ottawa, the Ojibwe and the Potawatomi.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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The confederacy of tribes was pressured into ceding lands to the state of New York, and further displaced by ensuing frontier settlement.—
Matthew Smith,
The Conversation,
20 Oct. 2025
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Palace’s super-strength is low crosses provided by flying wing-backs, when they can be released, running into space on the edge of the box.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Each is about 1/2 inch long and has long, narrow wings.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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Officials from the government and air traffic controllers’ union say that flying remains safe, but warn that the longer the shutdown drags on, the more stress these safety-critical employees will be under.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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The room was a union of the arts, film and the city’s cultural institutions.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Helm sees smoke rising on the other side of the forest, without lightning or lava’s arson.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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But Scherzinger is operating out of a great tradition with this stuff, and there aren’t a lot of others of her generation filling the void, at least with her profile coming from the pop side and the chops to work it on the theater side.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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This collaboration is with FIFA rather than individual soccer federations, which frees up Adidas to represent Argentina, Mexico, Portugal and France — only two of which are actually signed with the German brand — through this quartet of Sambas.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Bearzot had worked for the Italian federation as under-23 manager and as assistant to both Ferruccio Valcareggi and Fulvio Bernardini, before taking charge in 1977.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Coalition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coalition. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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