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
There is no legislative reason the bill needs to be passed by July 4, but GOP leaders fear any slippage will embolden opponents and various factions to escalate their efforts to derail the bill.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
Local media have linked some of the attacks to a faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a once-powerful guerrilla group, per BBC and NBC News.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 11 June 2025
Or would putting all of Trump’s priorities into one bill — which would contain both bitter pills and sweeteners for different factions of the razor-thin majority — be a better political strategy?
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 8 June 2025
One new element of the Bears’ situation is how the Chicago faction in the legislature is openly working against the team’s move to the suburbs.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
Local media have linked some of the attacks to a faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a once-powerful guerrilla group, per BBC and NBC News.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 11 June 2025
Or would putting all of Trump’s priorities into one bill — which would contain both bitter pills and sweeteners for different factions of the razor-thin majority — be a better political strategy?
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 8 June 2025
One new element of the Bears’ situation is how the Chicago faction in the legislature is openly working against the team’s move to the suburbs.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
Noun
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But if the definition of a moderate or centrist is being in the middle of a political party, that’s Trump.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
20 June 2025
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This means Boardroom and QSI will team up on commercial, investment and media content initiatives, as well as advising on PSG’s growth in the U.S., while the parties will also develop merchandise together.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Their litany of injuries on the pitching side, particularly to the starting rotation, has mushroomed to cartoonish levels.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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On the other side, the Dream has a -2.5 (-110) open, a -5.5 (EVEN) spread, an u160.5 (-110) total, and a -220 moneyline.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
10 June 2025
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The antiwar wing of the MAGA movement—which consists of figures like Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon—is also staunchly opposed to the U.S. playing a bigger role in the war.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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Buffalo Wild Wings has not clarified how long its limited-time Bottomless Apps and the all-you-can-eat deal on wings deals would last.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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Yet some groups remain uneasy about their place in the new Syria, where there have already been mass killings of Alawites, Assad’s minority Muslim sect.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
14 May 2025
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Lebanon's political system is based on sect, mandating that the president be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim and the speaker of parliament a Shiite Muslim.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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The conflict—and America's role in it—has splintered Trump's MAGA coalition, as the movement's isolationist wing stands staunchly opposed to hawkish pro-Trump lawmakers and media figures who favor a more hard-line stance toward Iran.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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The lone wolf extremist myth diverts from what should be the focus of deterrence efforts: understanding how far-right extremists network, organize and, as the Jan. 6 insurrection showed, build coalitions across diverse groups, especially through the use of social media.—
Alex Hinton,
The Conversation,
17 June 2025
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Williams, from Wisconsin, and Heckel, from Southern Cal, make for what could be a devastatingly complete UConn team.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2025
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Commando teams could attempt onsite reconnaissance but would face obvious risks of attack by Iranian forces.—
Robert A. Pape,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2025
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said earlier Wednesday that the European Union is likely to be among the last deals that the U.S. completes, expressing frustration with conducting talks with a 27-nation bloc.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 June 2025
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That would require winning over the disparate wings of the Senate GOP, including moderate Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine as well as the much larger conservative bloc.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
11 June 2025
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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