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
The latest installment picks up with Seabrook’s zombie-cheerleader-alien dream team, Zed and Addison, back from a summer road trip and stepping into new roles as camp counselors for two rival monster factions.
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Kaila Garrett, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
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.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 31 July 2025
Well, Hamas is a small faction within the Palestinian people.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
Max, Hank, and Nora track their rogue family members, until the two factions face off against each other in a full-on battle for the Thundermans’ future.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 31 July 2025
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Kaila Garrett, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
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.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 31 July 2025
Well, Hamas is a small faction within the Palestinian people.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
Max, Hank, and Nora track their rogue family members, until the two factions face off against each other in a full-on battle for the Thundermans’ future.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
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Texas Democrats return home Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives returned to Austin on Monday after leaving the state two weeks ago in protest of a Republican plan to redraw congressional maps to help the party gain seats in 2026.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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Her party trick was making a robot out of scrap cardboard.—
Zhang Yueran
August 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
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One side of the restaurant will also offer traditional, sit-down dining service.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Her head moved side to side before concern and confusion settled over her face.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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People will be able to get a free order of six-piece wings with any $10-plus digital order.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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To the right, a huge osprey took off from a telephone pole with a few languid flaps of its dark wings.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Companies, colleges and churches with alleged links to David Jang's Olivet Christian sect are being sued by a creditor who is claiming at least $8.6 million in damages over allegations of racketeering and wire fraud.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh
Naveed Jamali,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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Rembrandt’s The Woman Taken in Adultery (1644) tells the story of how Jesus’s compliance with Jewish law was put to the test by a council of Pharisees (members of a biblical Jewish sect that was fanatical about obeying religious laws), who bring an adulteress before him.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 July 2025
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The event and its scale is being made possible by Dr. Kim’s coalition building skills within and beyond the Korean community, plus a quarter million dollars of personal investment and crowdsourced donations devoted to rent the space.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Drucilla Tigner, the executive director of statewide coalition Texas For All, said in a news release that the fight extends far past Texas.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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Colorado, winners of four of its last five games, has become a tougher team to put away.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
17 Aug. 2025
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Both teams traded offensive rallies in an open second half.—
Julian Cardillo,
Boston Herald,
17 Aug. 2025
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The bloc’s current chair is Holness, who is also campaigning for another term with general elections in Jamaica scheduled for Sept. 3.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
24 Aug. 2025
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The report also said Italian exporters should focus on markets with high growth potential, such as the South American trade bloc, which contributed 7.5 billion euros to Italian exports.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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