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 yearly autumnal meteor shower includes both the Southern and Northern Taurids, but only the Southern faction will be peaking this week.
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Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
It was formed in 2017 as a coalition of jihadist factions and immediately declared its allegiance to al Qaeda.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
At the same time, Bernie and AOC, who were obviously the leaders of the left-wing faction, kept their efforts, at least in-person efforts, in New York City because that's the big coalitional war going on in today's Democratic Party is that race in New York City.
—NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
Bound to the service of the Hellsing Organization, Alucard fights against fellow vampires, a crusading faction of the Vatican called the Iscariot Organization, and wannabe Nazis alongside his allies Seres Victoria and Integra Hellsing.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
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Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
It was formed in 2017 as a coalition of jihadist factions and immediately declared its allegiance to al Qaeda.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
At the same time, Bernie and AOC, who were obviously the leaders of the left-wing faction, kept their efforts, at least in-person efforts, in New York City because that's the big coalitional war going on in today's Democratic Party is that race in New York City.
—NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
Bound to the service of the Hellsing Organization, Alucard fights against fellow vampires, a crusading faction of the Vatican called the Iscariot Organization, and wannabe Nazis alongside his allies Seres Victoria and Integra Hellsing.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
Noun
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Cuomo’s desperate campaign — almost certainly his last — tried to knit together a coalition of Republicans, independents, and Democrats worried that a socialist mayor would wreck their city and their party.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Reuters/Ipsos polling indicates that both parties are facing criticism from the public.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Helm sees smoke rising on the other side of the forest, without lightning or lava’s arson.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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But Scherzinger is operating out of a great tradition with this stuff, and there aren’t a lot of others of her generation filling the void, at least with her profile coming from the pop side and the chops to work it on the theater side.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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AeroMap estimates drag for different wing-body configurations operating at speeds close to the speed of sound.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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The swan-neck tap, with its two silver wings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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While a sect of their fandom BRIIZE celebrated the comeback, a more conservative portion protested by sending funeral wreaths to the company headquarters.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The film narrates the story of a convent located in the South of Spain, where a sect of unholy nuns served as a coven to find the perfect womb for the son of the devil to make his entry on earth.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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Strikes continued to hammer Ukraine as the leader traveled to London to engage in the coalition talks.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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The measure’s submission set the stage for a battle with business coalitions and wealth donors.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Green was quick to point out that every team that has won a championship featured a strong defense.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Among the other teams listed as a best fit are the Cubs, Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Warsaw Pact was gone, and so was the Soviet economic bloc.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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In every single competitive House race next year, the Hispanic population exceeds the national average, meaning any losses in the historically Democratic bloc could cost Republicans their narrow majority.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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