as in party
a group of people acting together within a larger group
several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area
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Recent Examples of faction
In this scenario, the CJNG would fracture into smaller, warring factions, producing more obscene levels of bloodshed as potential replacements try to prove their mettle.
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Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
The Financial Times reported Lagarde is expected to quit early so French President Emmanuel Macron would have a say in her successor before France’s elections next year, which could see populist factions surge to power.
—semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026
This led to outbreaks of violence and attacks on public infrastructure on Sunday and Monday by cartel factions.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
With various factions controlled by key lieutenants, some of them close relatives, Oseguera’s moniker has been invoked to instill terror and keep subordinates in line, Craine said.
—Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
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Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
The Financial Times reported Lagarde is expected to quit early so French President Emmanuel Macron would have a say in her successor before France’s elections next year, which could see populist factions surge to power.
—semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026
This led to outbreaks of violence and attacks on public infrastructure on Sunday and Monday by cartel factions.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
With various factions controlled by key lieutenants, some of them close relatives, Oseguera’s moniker has been invoked to instill terror and keep subordinates in line, Craine said.
—Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
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But the party’s narrow control of both chambers makes that a heavy lift.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Athletes just flood the zone and the party begins.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Instead, production took place at Tompkins Square Park, on the east side of Manhattan, which more resembles Battery Park in the ’90s.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2026
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The two sides have reported differing casualty figures.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Two of the others, Fer Lopez and Jhon Arias, are no long at Molineux, wing-backs Jackson Tchatchoua and David Moller Wolfe have not nailed down regular starting places and the sixth, striker Tolu Arokodare, was at the centre of the other defining moment of yesterday’s game.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Even while in the hospital, Lamb got in his daily 10,000 steps by circling the halls of the cardiac wing.—
Laura Berrios,
AJC.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Sharia is the moral code for followers of Islam, but the interpretation and administration varies based on different sects, communities, countries and individuals, according to the Council for American-Islamic Relations.—
Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Feb. 2026
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While the massive parking structures and upcoming 5,000-seat concert hall might grab your attention, the real soul of the project, at least for the food sect, is taking shape under a mass timber office building christened The Weave.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
10 Feb. 2026
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Some of the coalition’s members live in RVs that could be seized and dismantled if the city is permitted to implement the law, the group said in its complaint.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Organizers of the protest, which was led by a broad Black Lives Matter coalition, claimed that one of the pastors is also an ICE official.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Feb. 2026
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Miami arrived in Los Angeles as the team to beat, with high morale and ambition to defend its title.—
Jad El Reda
Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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The Americans are underdogs with attitude, a team capable of winning, but failure will not define them like, say, a Super Bowl.—
Denver Post,
Denver Post,
22 Feb. 2026
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The European Union failed to pass new sanctions on Russia on Monday after surprise objections from Hungary, the bloc's top diplomat said.—
SAM McNEIL,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
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But, arguably, many of them have been accomplished by appeasing the concerns of the massive and powerful voting bloc of homeowners.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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