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
My guess is that some kind of factions form, with some townsfolk taking Jade/Tabitha’s side and some opposing.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Militant leaders have usually died as a result of internecine rivalry among competing groups or factions.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
On the Right, Israel is being squeezed by a smaller faction of the Make America Great Again movement that wants to pare back all American foreign aid.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2026
This lack of strict ideological leaning has enabled Burnham to position himself as someone who is viewed quite favorably from multiple factions within the Labour Party.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 15 May 2026
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Militant leaders have usually died as a result of internecine rivalry among competing groups or factions.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
On the Right, Israel is being squeezed by a smaller faction of the Make America Great Again movement that wants to pare back all American foreign aid.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2026
This lack of strict ideological leaning has enabled Burnham to position himself as someone who is viewed quite favorably from multiple factions within the Labour Party.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
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As the leader of the minority party in the House of Representatives, a fundamentally majoritarian institution, Jeffries has little ability to get anything done.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Many can win by appealing to their party’s base, who are often more likely to vote in primaries.—
Ashley Wu,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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At the most recent debate, hosted by NBC4 and Telemundo 52 on May 6, the seven candidates again clashed over housing and immigration, while Becerra and Steyer faced fierce attacks from both sides of the political spectrum, The Los Angeles Times reported.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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These are two elite teams led by masterminds on opposite sides of the ball in Kyle Shanahan and Mike Macdonald.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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No pattern enacted on these buttons will safely land a four-hundred-ton jetliner, flaring and bouncing and settling heavily onto its twenty-two wheels while the spoilers on the wings snap up and the jets scream in reverse and the passengers sigh in relief.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Given the circumstances for the game against Arsenal last time out, a defensive wing-back system was understandable, but sticking with the same tactics against Newcastle was another reminder of how incognisant Nuno can be in his approach.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
18 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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Dakota tried unsuccessfully to pursue both market-rate and affordable housing, with a coalition of investors never coming together.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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The coalition of unions representing roughly 3,500 Long Island Rail Road workers accused Lieber and MTA leadership of forcing a shutdown by refusing to agree to wage increases after years without raises amid rising living costs.—
Gabriella Rudy,
NBC news,
17 May 2026
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When Tomlin stepped away as coach in January, the team hired McCarthy, who first began coaching Rodgers in 2006.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
17 May 2026
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The UConn baseball team had a chance to nail down the Big East title outright, but lost to Villanova, 9-6, at Elliot Ballpark in Storrs.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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The parties ended up agreeing on a safeguard mechanism that would allow the 27-member bloc to suspend its side of the deal if the EU endured an excess flood of imports that was deemed harmful to European producers and local businesses.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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No ethnic group or voting bloc is apparently too small to overlook.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
19 May 2026
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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