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a group of people acting together within a larger group
several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area
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Recent Examples of faction
New Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has endorsed the talks but his relative silence and non-visibility have created space for Iran’s various internal factions to disagree over the way forward.
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
The second includes former revolutionaries, reformists, communist factions and groups such as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), many of whom emerged from or once supported the revolutionary system before later opposing it.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
But instead of fostering an inclusive democracy, this ruling enables party factions to build higher walls around smaller groups of voters.
—Kent Thiry, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
Among the most prominent Islamic militant groups are Boko Haram and its breakaway faction, known as ISWAP.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
The second includes former revolutionaries, reformists, communist factions and groups such as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), many of whom emerged from or once supported the revolutionary system before later opposing it.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
But instead of fostering an inclusive democracy, this ruling enables party factions to build higher walls around smaller groups of voters.
—Kent Thiry, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
Among the most prominent Islamic militant groups are Boko Haram and its breakaway faction, known as ISWAP.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
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Rumer, Scout and Tallulah Willis Demi Moore reminisced about daughters Rumer, Scout and Tallulah Willis and their childhoods with a black-and-white portrait from their early years and a video clip of the women dancing at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in 2025.—
Kim Willis,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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The resort is in southern Goa, which is a calm respite from the bustle in the north, where the party people hang out along Holiday Street.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 May 2026
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The tunnel would create a second route to transport water from new intakes on the Sacramento River to the south side of the Delta, where pumps send water into the aqueducts of the State Water Project.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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When the article appeared, Bores forwarded it along to the woman on the other side of the exchange.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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The wings on either side of the knot are what came before and what came after, models for what Jefferson wrote and imitations of it.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Guests brought to life looks that referenced papal garments and displayed biblical artifacts like crosses, angel wings and halos.—
Luis Giraldo,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The Shiʿi sect of Islam believes that Prophet Muhammad’s cousin, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, was the prophet’s rightful successor as the leader of the Islamic world; the Sunnis believe that a leader should have been chosen from among the masses, leading to tensions between these two major Islamic sects.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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Saddam was a Sunni and members of the sect disproportionately held top leadership positions during his time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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The coalition says members have asserted that America is specifically a Judeo-Christian or Christian nation and notes that most commission meetings took place at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, an institution with Christian leadership.—
Peter Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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The story of the film is the story of building this broad coalition—left, right, and center.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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The Black and Blue were attempting to become the first team since the 2001 Miami Fusion to earn 21 points in their first 12 games.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
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The Iowa State product looks every bit of a near 6-foot-9 measurement, and started at right tackle for rookie units in 11-on-11 team periods.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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Obama moved to Chicago in 1985, as a 23-year-old community organizer during the Council Wars era of City Hall conflict between the city’s first Black mayor, Harold Washington, and a bloc of mostly white aldermen.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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At the time, the world’s biggest trading bloc was in its deepest-ever recession.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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