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as in treaty
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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as in coalition
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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as in partnership
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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Recent Examples of alliance
The past eight months have been wasted by the US president in terms of planning for Ukraine’s survival and European security, with needless cozying up to Moscow and undermining of a strategic transatlantic alliance that Washington will still need in the decades to come.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
The creation of the alliance feels necessary to some public health practitioners.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Pheu Thai's crisis was triggered back in June by Anutin's withdrawal from its alliance, which left the coalition government clinging to power with a razor-thin majority amid protests and plummeting popularity.
—Panarat Thepgumpanat, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Hopefully, Davina doesn’t suffer too much for her actions toward Lord Lovat, and this new alliance between the two women will help Julia in her quest to get home.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
The creation of the alliance feels necessary to some public health practitioners.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Pheu Thai's crisis was triggered back in June by Anutin's withdrawal from its alliance, which left the coalition government clinging to power with a razor-thin majority amid protests and plummeting popularity.
—Panarat Thepgumpanat, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Hopefully, Davina doesn’t suffer too much for her actions toward Lord Lovat, and this new alliance between the two women will help Julia in her quest to get home.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alliance
Noun
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Hunting regulations and migratory bird treaties have also been key.—
Tom Langen,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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The treaty aims to prevent mistreatment and gave the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture the legal authority to inspect Russian detention facilities.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Trump, who has sometimes seemed conflicted about the anti-vax sentiment in his coalition that prevents him from claiming more credit for Operation Warp Speed, has thoroughly capitulated to the political reality that Kennedy is a useful ally.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Economic turbulence comes at a complex moment for the La Libertad Avanza coalition.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The band’s foundation was built on the joint songwriting of Davies and Hodgson, who sang lead on most of Supertramp’s hits, but their partnership was beginning to dissolve by the early 1980s.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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But Somaiya left the startup after just a few months after the partnership unraveled.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Murray had a rather rough year in his first season after inking the new pact, appearing in just 11 contests that year while totaling 14 passing touchdowns and seven picks.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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As part of his campaign platform, McGregor has opposed a European Union migration pact that would more evenly distribute the processing of asylum seekers across the bloc.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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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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In contrast, the cerebellum showed no such association.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
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Bieger and a spokesperson for the alumni association did not immediately return Deadline’s requests for comment.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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Spending money to protect Harris isn’t sitting well with some, including the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents rank-and-file LAPD officers.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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The union representing jail nurses and mental health clinicians has also raised concerns.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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And the set, a collaboration between interior designer Madelynn Hudson and florist Rana Kim, will transport guests from TriBeCa to the verdant Highlands mountains.—
Ari Stark,
Footwear News,
9 Sep. 2025
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The play builds on the decades-long collaboration between Shawn and Gregory, who first worked on Shawn’s play Our Late Night in 1975 and then went on to work on the films My Dinner with Andre, Vanya on 42nd Street and a filmed adaptation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Alliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alliance. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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