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a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples
- the smaller countries signed an alliance pledging to protect one another against the belligerent behemoth in their midst
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an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
- an alliance between the French and the Algonquians to check Iroquois advances into their territory
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the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
- in alliance with booksellers, the nation's schools are promoting National Reading Month
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The first known use of alliance was in the 13th century
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