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 Saudis countered with an air campaign and ground force composed of Yemeni pro-government paramilitary factions, Saudi and Emirati troops and mercenaries. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 The 946 – a faction that includes Royce Keys, Lucien Price, Bronco Nima and Jaida Parker – had a men’s six-man tag team match against Jey and Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 There’s also a twitchy paranoia at play, since Ethan and Ivy, as outsiders, inevitably spark a turf war as various warring factions try to figure out who is killing their men. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026 Infighting remains common among the factions, and there is still no clear political end state. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for faction

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Noun

The president’s party has historically faced challenges in midterm elections.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026
Strategists in both parties said that this redistricting scramble has changed how donors are being approached for state legislative races — rarely the first places where the largest political funders send their cash.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of party

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Google cofounder Sergey Brin, who moved to the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe and also bought a Miami home, and venture capitalist Peter Thiel also left California for Miami ahead of the Prop 40 cutoff.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
The initial configuration already included the trailer side skirts and wheel covers.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of side

Noun

At a demonstration outside the city government in early October, around 200 people demanded solutions from Spain's left-wing national government.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
His wife had grown up in neighboring Jeonju, one of South Korea’s great food cities, and the politics of the province—historically self-reliant and left-wing—agreed with him.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of wing

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Featuring a mixture of stop-motion and 2D animation, the movie functions as a surrealist fairy-tale propaganda film produced by the leader of a fictional religious sect that uses the media as a form method for indoctrinating his followers.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
The sect had at least 15 avoidable deaths among children from 2015 through 2025, according to healthcare professionals who reviewed their records for ProPublica.

— Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of sect

Noun

Because of its proportional representation system – voters cast one vote for a national party-list – even the largest parties rarely win more than 35 seats, and Israel has always had coalition governments.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Oct. 2026
Years of political turmoil, corruption and the ascendance of a deadly gang coalition are suffocating Haiti’s capital city.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of coalition

Noun

Tippett’s team animated physical puppets, while ILM handled compositing and digital fire, smoke and explosions.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
After confirming that the line from Exeter that ran through the village of Starcross didn’t open until the end of May, 1846, Cade and his team turned to the schedule for additional clues.

— Mike McRae October 15, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of team

Noun

As a major bloc that has been able to apply pressure, the union has thwarted several efforts by Mamdani’s predecessors to ban the attraction, as hundreds of carriage operators make a living operating the buggies.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
Starting as early as December, customs authorities across the 27-nation bloc will coordinate monitoring of these imports and halt further shipments once the annual quota is reached, one official said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

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