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as in confederacy
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
the smaller nations were forced to form a confederation out of self-defense
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as in association
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
the big-budget movie was produced by the studio in confederation with another in order to lower the risk
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Recent Examples of confederation
In the meantime, the island nation hopes to be accepted into a regional confederation, such as the Oceania Football Confederation.
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Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2025
The soccer confederation launched an investigation, but concluded the term Awaziem alleged was not used.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 18 July 2025
The reality that this confederation was not effective enough led to a second effort, this time successful.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
In previous years, the Club World Cup was a relatively small affair featuring the champions of each confederation's tournament plus a host representative.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
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Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2025
The soccer confederation launched an investigation, but concluded the term Awaziem alleged was not used.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 18 July 2025
The reality that this confederation was not effective enough led to a second effort, this time successful.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
In previous years, the Club World Cup was a relatively small affair featuring the champions of each confederation's tournament plus a host representative.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confederation
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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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In contrast, the cerebellum showed no such association.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
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Bieger and a spokesperson for the alumni association did not immediately return Deadline’s requests for comment.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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What has the Spanish federation and Liga F said about it?—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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In 2010, while playing for Ajax in the Netherlands, Suarez bit the shoulder of Eindhoven’s Otman Bakkal and was handed a seven-game ban by the Dutch football federation.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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The band’s foundation was built on the joint songwriting of Davies and Hodgson, who sang lead on most of Supertramp’s hits, but their partnership was beginning to dissolve by the early 1980s.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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But Somaiya left the startup after just a few months after the partnership unraveled.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Trump, who has sometimes seemed conflicted about the anti-vax sentiment in his coalition that prevents him from claiming more credit for Operation Warp Speed, has thoroughly capitulated to the political reality that Kennedy is a useful ally.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Economic turbulence comes at a complex moment for the La Libertad Avanza coalition.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes.com,
6 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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Spending money to protect Harris isn’t sitting well with some, including the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents rank-and-file LAPD officers.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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The union representing jail nurses and mental health clinicians has also raised concerns.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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To this end, the Kansas City Election Board has mostly relied on existing relationships with schools, churches and libraries.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Centene and the Neidorffs’ contributions didn’t stop in 2019, nor did their business relationship with the state of California.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Confederation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confederation. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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