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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 Min Aung Hlaing faced years of diplomatic isolation following his 2021 takeover and was barred from top-level ASEAN meetings for failing to comply with the bloc's peace plan for Myanmar. — Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026 After the collapse of the Soviet bloc, that pressure disappeared. — Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026 India also has an interest in preventing BRICS from becoming an explicitly anti-Western bloc. — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026 The 11-member bloc also includes Iran, with President Masoud Pezeshkian set to attend the summit. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloc

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Noun

The group is a breakaway faction of the SPLM, the ruling party of neighboring South Sudan.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
While there is no suggestion of any kind of confrontation, there were tensions between different factions in the dressing room as Rosenior’s tenure unravelled.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of faction

Noun

If the AfD doesn’t get an absolute majority in Sunday’s elections, all other parties could form a ragtag coalition to shut it out of power in the state.

— Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
On Friday evening, Meloni's coalition government, which took office in October 2022, held a rally in the port city of Bari to mark its becoming Italy's longest-serving cabinet since World War II.

— Jenni Reid,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of coalition

Noun

Trump also has been highly critical of NATO, arguing that European countries aren’t spending enough money on the military and thus aren’t paying their fair share of the alliance’s mutual defense.

— Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Yet there is no pan-European alliance of the far right, in part because these parties champion their own national interests.

— Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of alliance

Noun

Gamera places a Honeywell TPE331 turboprop in a nacelle mounted between the two fuselages above the wing.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Sitting five feet above the water, sailors suffer from severe blind spots caused by the towering presence of the carbon-fiber wing sail.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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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

Previous efforts to broker even a partial ceasefire have repeatedly fallen apart within hours, with both sides accusing each other of violations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
In my experience, the strongest engagements begin when both sides understand what can be influenced, what cannot be controlled and how progress will be evaluated.

— Scott Keever, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of side

Noun

Steinmetz, of the firefighters union, reminded committee members that a total of 25 people died in the 1993 Paxton Hotel fire and the 2003 Cook County Administration Building fire, partly because of a lack of usable fire exits.

— Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Hawthorne noted that a schedule of door-to-door canvassing had been distributed throughout the union hall.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

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