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 As a major bloc that has been able to apply pressure, the union has thwarted several efforts by Mamdani’s predecessors to ban the attraction, as hundreds of carriage operators make a living operating the buggies. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026 An overwhelming majority of voters believe current members of Congress are out of touch with their constituents’ monthly spending habits, even as both parties make affordability a central pitch to key voting blocs. — Max Rego, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2026 Starting as early as December, customs authorities across the 27-nation bloc will coordinate monitoring of these imports and halt further shipments once the annual quota is reached, one official said. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 European trade commissioner Maroš Sefčovič said Friday that China has agreed to halve its exports of hybrid cars to the bloc, after Beijing had repeatedly rejected requests. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloc

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Noun

Yet that position, unpopular with factions in both parties, is also unpopular with some inside his deeply loyalist White House.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Flávio has promised to designate major criminal factions as terrorist groups, expand prisons and lower the age of criminal responsibility.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of faction

Noun

The mandate goes to the lawmaker most likely to assemble a coalition.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Young protestors answered with an insurrectionary energy in the summer and soon found support from a broader coalition comprised of opposition parties, social movements and other pillars of Indian civil society.

— Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of coalition

Noun

The president’s party has historically faced challenges in midterm elections.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026
Strategists in both parties said that this redistricting scramble has changed how donors are being approached for state legislative races — rarely the first places where the largest political funders send their cash.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of party

Noun

But neither Netanyahu’s right-wing alliance nor the parties seeking to replace him appear assured of the 61 seats required for a majority in the 120-member Knesset.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026
Article 5 of the NATO charter contains the alliance's mutual-defense guarantee, which establishes that an attack on one is an attack on all.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of alliance

Noun

Angle of attack refers to the angle between an aircraft wing and the airflow approaching it.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
The arthropod group includes animals that are without a backbone or any bones at all, strictly speaking, their bodies being encased in a ringed, exterior tegument and having legs and, sometimes, wings.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of wing

Noun

Seneca said the renaming violated the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua, which was signed by President George Washington and the Haudenosaunee confederacy promising perpetual peace and friendship.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
July 4 birthed independence but also a dysfunctional confederacy.

— Max Taves, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

Definition of confederacy

Noun

Google cofounder Sergey Brin, who moved to the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe and also bought a Miami home, and venture capitalist Peter Thiel also left California for Miami ahead of the Prop 40 cutoff.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
The initial configuration already included the trailer side skirts and wheel covers.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of side

Noun

Manfred says small-market success is rare, while the union argues the Rays-Brewers World Series matchup shows baseball can work without a cap.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Alaska’s core constituency is composed of Natives, fishermen, rural legislators, and unions, with some chamber-of-commerce types mixed in.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

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