Thesaurus results for FACTION

faction

noun

ˈfak-shən

Definition of faction

as in party

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 The reason this season sank like a concrete turd was that factions within the cast formed around whether people are loyal to Jason and Janet Caperna or Danny Booko and Nia Sanchez. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026 Zaidi, who came to power this year with Washington's blessing, vowed to ensure those groups would hand over their weapons, but has faced pushback from some powerful factions. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026 Defining socialism is difficult because there are many different factions within the movement. — Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Despite being a senior leader of a rival party, Dahlan has pledged to try to bridge the gap between Hamas and rival factions. — Mkhaimar Abusada, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for faction

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Noun

Sharif’s government responded with a crackdown on Khan’s party, arresting its leaders and banning it from contesting the 2024 general election.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
The community came together Wednesday to wish the young talent good luck at a send-off celebration and pizza party.

— Allen Devlin, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of party

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Anyone listed here as a wide receiver, defensive back or athlete is a two-way player, about as good on either side of the ball.

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
More than 4,000 people have been killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon since then, including hundreds of civilians About 40 soldiers and three civilians - including a military contractor - have been killed on the Israeli side.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

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Internally, the founders talk about a big bet on industrial engineering—using AI agents and physics-aware models to redesign and simulate physical systems, from factory floors to turbines and aircraft wings.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
Hopkins has been fine and serviceable when playing on the wings this year, but not nearly as productive.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of wing

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Hundreds of pages of grand jury transcripts portray Tupac Shakur's shooting as a culmination of a longstanding feud between rival record labels Death Row Records and Bad Boy Records and rival gang sects Mob Piru and South Side Compton Crips.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Robertson helped launch Jim Bakker, a minister with Assemblies of God—the largest Pentecostal sect—and his wife, Tammy Faye, who eventually cofounded the rival Trinity Broadcasting Network with their program The PTL Club.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

Definition of sect

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The Saudi Energy Ministry said a fire had broken out at dawn at a facility belonging to Saudi Aramco’s refinery in Jazan, that was extinguished by the company’s firefighting teams.

— Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Zero would mean exactly the same players playing exactly the same share of minutes; 100 per cent reflects an entirely new team.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of team

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The sudden arrival of 50,000 to 60,000 migrants on Thursday and Friday sparked a humanitarian crisis in Ceuta and reignited the immigration debate in the 27-nation bloc, though most of the migrants soon went back.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
The sudden arrival of 72,000 migrants on Thursday and Friday sparked a humanitarian crisis in Ceuta and reignited the immigration debate in the 27-nation bloc, though most of the migrants soon went back.

— Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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