Thesaurus results for BLOC

bloc

noun

ˈbläk

Definition of bloc

as in faction

a group of people acting together within a larger group a whole bloc of students got together to complain

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as in coalition

an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection the bloc that the United States and most of western Europe formed during the Cold War

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Recent Examples of bloc Seeking new global allies, Cuba joined the Afro-Asian bloc after Havana’s 1962 ousting from the Organization of American States. — Anne Garland Mahler, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026 The referendum is a first step to potentially joining the 27-nation bloc. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 More than 60% of the Democratic primary electorate is African American, a key voting bloc for the party that Dickens said were abandoned in Georgia. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 In comparison, 72% of the voting bloc expect to cast a ballot for the Democratic candidate Xavier Becerra. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloc

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Noun

The governor was embroiled in a scandal in 2023 involving the Sinaloa cartel, in which his name was published in a letter written by a then-Sinaloa cartel capo whom leaders of a rival faction of the cartel had kidnapped.

— CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
Sinaloa has been engulfed for nearly two years in a bloody conflict between rival factions of the cartel that bears the state’s name.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of faction

Noun

The organization has formed a coalition with 70 other groups, including faith leaders, business executives, unions and other voting rights advocates.

— Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2026
Missouri Workers Power, a coalition of progressive advocacy groups that oppose the city helping fund the project, is still seeking to force a public vote.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of coalition

Noun

The alliance’s first test could well be in Yemen, said Mohammed Nail Abdulqader on Responsible Statecraft (Washington DC).

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 22 Aug. 2026
North Korea’s willingness to sustain such losses reflects the reach of Russia’s global alliances and Moscow’s need for extra manpower.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of alliance

Noun

Whether your game day food lineup includes staples such as barbecue and burgers or wings and hot dogs, rosé complements both smoky flavors and spicy dishes while remaining light enough to enjoy outdoors.

— Katie Kelly Bell, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
The images also showed bright and dark rays—like butterfly wings—stretching from the crater’s center.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

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Noun

July 4 birthed independence but also a dysfunctional confederacy.

— Max Taves, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
The headstone, a memorial to texans who served the confederacy, was erected in 1964, which is to say the state missed the hundred-year anniversary of the battle itself but did remember to put it up in the year that Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.

— Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

Definition of confederacy

Noun

Zeno Power Systems will fly its Survive-the-Night Package aboard an existing Blue Ghost mission to the Moon’s near side.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Jimer Fory, on the left side of the area, ran onto a ball-ahead from Velde and played a first-touch cross to a charging Lassiter for a rising finish from point-blank range that gave the Timbers a 2-1 lead in the 51st.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of side

Noun

In 1998, Fabares was supportive of early efforts to combine the Screen Actors Guild with the industry’s other major performers union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026
The same union publicly called on the state’s 200 billionaires to also work together to find a solution to the Medicaid hole.

— Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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