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
That leaves Joy Division and New Order, who have been in warring factions since a lawsuit about royalties and name rights was initiated by Peter Hook nearly a decade ago.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
The spat represents the yawning gap between different factions of the Idaho Republican Party and what makes someone conservative.
—Idaho Statesman, 13 Apr. 2026
Fighting in recent years between the army and a rival paramilitary faction was so bloody that many corpses were left on the streets.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
But voters rejected Orbán’s party, Fidesz, in favor of Magyar’s new faction, Tisza.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
The spat represents the yawning gap between different factions of the Idaho Republican Party and what makes someone conservative.
—Idaho Statesman, 13 Apr. 2026
Fighting in recent years between the army and a rival paramilitary faction was so bloody that many corpses were left on the streets.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
But voters rejected Orbán’s party, Fidesz, in favor of Magyar’s new faction, Tisza.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
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The American president's agenda has striking parallels with the way the Hungarian leader used the levers of government to tilt the media, judiciary and electoral system to keep his party in power for 16 years.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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In the Epistle to the Galatians, Paul strains to show that the Gentile mission and the Jerusalem mission, though carried out by mutually mistrustful parties, belong to a single divine design.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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On the other side of the scale, in a vitrine at one end of the space, are a group of five small scrapbooks.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Those improvements include widening of Clay Street, paying for utilities such as water and sewers, and purchasing a home on the west side of the property.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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The man, who has tattoos that appear to include wings on his left bicep, then struggles to lift the container before walking away with it.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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As the plane ascended, someone threw a grenade at it, damaging a wing.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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In this way, Paul turned the heresy of a tiny sect of Messianic Jews into the dominant religious and cultural architecture of the West for the next couple of thousand years.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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It's been four years since Christine Marie and Tolga Katas infiltrated Samuel Bateman's polygamist sect while working on a documentary — a daring move that would eventually lead to his conviction.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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The rare Sunday Cabinet meeting to finalize the relief measures came as the coalition government faces new political pressures from rivals critical of their handling of the crisis.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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This coalition comes together only every three years.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The team’s early, anemic offense came with starter Max Fried holding the game together, pitching eight innings while allowing six hits, no walks and striking out six batters.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Later that afternoon, Miller and his team got to work on the second bedroom.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Given the bloc’s strained finances, any subsidies would likely be targeted and temporary.—
Marilen Martin,
Bloomberg,
15 Apr. 2026
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Meta's attempt to resolve the bloc’s antitrust investigation of WhatsApp by charging third-party AI companies for access is unsatisfactory, the European Commission said Wednesday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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