Thesaurus results for COALITIONS

coalitions

noun

plural of coalition

as in factions

a group of people acting together within a larger group rival coalitions struggling for control of the party

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as in alliances

an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection preservationists formed a coalition with the theater owners to preserve these historic structures

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Recent Examples of coalitions In the South, coalitions are securing legally-binding Community Benefits Agreements to ensure that the green energy transition includes union contracts and local hiring. —

Sarita Gupta, Time, 2 June 2026 Paloma Valencia, a candidate for the conservative Centro Democrático party who was a protégé of right-wing former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and pitched herself as a centrist who could build coalitions, was forecast as a candidate who could advance to the second round. —

Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC news, 1 June 2026 But with proportional representation, there would be room for new parties to grow and new coalitions to form. —

Mary Ellen Klas, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026 Mainstream Democratic coalitions are splintering as soaring housing costs have led to a more politically vocal class of renters and a large chunk of the electorate views Bass unfavorably due to her handling of the Palisades fire. —

National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026 In his encyclical, Leo fretted about multiple ongoing wars, lamented the decline of multilateral coalitions and blasted arms industry profits as driving the conflicts. —

Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 29 May 2026 Several inclusive coalitions want Gyimah Whitaker to denounce her husband’s statements and called for an investigation into the superintendent’s conduct. —

Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 29 May 2026 Since its introduction nearly a century ago, the levy has been derided by the oil industry, the auto industry, AAA, trucking and manufacturing interests, and coalitions of governors. —

Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026 But with proportional representation, there would be room for new parties to grow and new coalitions to form. —

Mary Ellen Klas, Mercury News, 26 May 2026

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Sensing this once-great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions — rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders, and billionaire miners — move in for the kill, with billions of dollars at stake.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 June 2026
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass took office four years ago with a reputation as a coalition builder — someone capable of bringing competing factions together to achieve a common goal.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026