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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
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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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Contenders for the leadership of Brazil’s right wing coalition are already emerging and are bargaining for Bolsonaro’s endorsement for being presidential candidates in the 2026 elections.—
Adriana Carranca,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Article 76 allows the President to dissolve Parliament and hold elections within six months if no Prime Minister can be appointed from the majority, a coalition, or any member of Parliament.—
Sonal Nain,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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While the final details were still being negotiated, the embassy said the partnership will focus on key technologies, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, telecommunications, and quantum computing.—
Jarrett Renshaw,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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However, both Wright and Burgum insisted its part of a wider, collaborative energy partnership with Europe.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Republican and Democratic heads of a US congressional committee for strategic competition with China in July stressed their strong support for AUKUS, amid the review of the deal by Elbridge Colby, a top Pentagon policy official and public critic of the pact.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Next season, the Mavericks icon will be a studio analyst for a new Prime Video show as Amazon begins its 11-year, $20 billion NBA pact.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
14 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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Attention-grabbing highlights of the first season included Land Shark, commercial parodies like Bass-O-Matic and host Richard Pryor’s word association with Chase.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Sep. 2025
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Martinez argued that the state Head Start associations, which filed the lawsuit, required a more sweeping injunction.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The union said the goal of the flyering is to inform school families in Latino and Black neighborhoods of their legal rights as the city prepares for the possible deployment of National Guard troops and ICE agents.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Unifor said on April 11 that GM informed the union that CAMI Assembly would initiate temporary layoffs starting April 14 with workers returning in May for limited production.—
Jackie Charniga,
Freep.com,
14 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 15 Sep. 2025.
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