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Recent Examples of confederation Ceferin, as a confederation president and FIFA Council vice-president, is eligible to receive a net annual compensation of $300,000. Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 May 2025 However, the last Women’s World Cup was the first in which teams from all six FIFA confederations won at least one game and the first in which teams from five confederations reached the knockout stage. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025 Inter Miami are scheduled to play Sporting Kansas City at Children’s Mercy Park on Wednesday after regional confederation Concacaf already delayed the match by a day. Elias Burke, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025 Each confederation was awarded a set number of places based upon its strength. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for confederation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confederation
Noun
  • 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
  • Men were the representatives of their clans and nations in the Haudenosaunee council, which made decisions for the confederacy as a whole.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Shelton was honored at the association's convention which ran from June 23 through June 25 and featured a slew of keynote speakers, a ball and more at the Hot Springs Convention Center.
    Lena Miano, Arkansas Online, 30 June 2025
  • In town halls and in conversations with community associations across Maryland over the past two years, citizens have expressed concern with the state of our juvenile justice system.
    Ivan J. Bates, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • The federation faced criticism from human rights groups, who called for a reverse of the decision, and FIFA did not explain the reasoning behind the rollback.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 1 July 2025
  • Credit coach Emma Hayes for building out age classes in the federation and debuting 21 players over the last year — creating a bright future.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Hurtigruten is also justifiably proud of its environmental initiatives, including zero food waste, single-use plastic, partnerships with local food suppliers and excursion operators, and use of sustainable biofuels.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 26 June 2025
  • The promotional effort is part of Netflix’s ongoing push into advertising and commercial partnerships.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Inspired by Sergeant First Class Fast’s story and championed by a bipartisan coalition, the law establishes a new, forward-looking standard of care.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 30 June 2025
  • This framework reflects the work of a center-right and center-left coalition of civics educators and other stakeholders.
    Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Staff employee unions at outlets including The New York Times and Politico have raised concerns about whether recent deals with AI companies violate employee contracts about AI use.
    Marta Biino, semafor.com, 7 July 2025
  • In addition, Woodard was a member of a players’ union, the United Basketball Players Association.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • As Americans celebrated a long Independence Day weekend, they were treated to a few noteworthy displays of festivity and fireworks in the ever-fascinating relationship between Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 7 July 2025
  • After Cierra returned from Casa, Nic resumed his relationship with her.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Just this week, the alliance released its first ever Commercial Space Strategy, stressing three goals – leveraging commercial solutions, ensuring continuous access during peace, crisis or conflict and bolstering coherent relationships with the commercial sector.
    Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 27 June 2025
  • The alliances people form, the water cooler conversations, the unspoken rules about who gets promoted.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025

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“Confederation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confederation. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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