factions

noun

plural of faction
as in parties
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 factions In the last decade and a half, a carrousel of feuding political factions took turns governing, all inadequately. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 If the league can successfully divide different groups of players, or if the union can’t successfully unite various factions, players overall will have a tough go. — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 This movement is composed of various factions, as Laura Field has distilled in her authoritative work Furious Minds. — Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026 Sinaloa has been engulfed for nearly two years in a bloody conflict between rival factions of the cartel that bears the state’s name. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 Her research shows how the struggle to reconcile conflicting factions and form a collective challenge to oppressive beauty standards gained strength. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026 Such beliefs continue in the 21st century, with certain factions making unproven claims about urine’s purported antiviral actions against the COVID-19–causing coronavirus. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026 For the first time, the parade features six grand marshals, each chosen to connect with different factions of the community, Martinez said. — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2026 The threat comes after Iran recently reorganized its military to be more aggressive as factions in the government abandon hopes for negotiations. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factions
  1. parties
  2. sides
  3. sects
  4. wings
  5. coalitions
  6. teams
  7. blocs
Noun
  • Davis directed the parties to treat discovery materials as protected from public disclosure while the litigation continues.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Freiden, who’s also the CEO of children’s toy brand Constructive Playthings, said changing interests in children’s birthday parties and a spike in rent contributed to the closure.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of parties
Noun
  • Some China watchers, however, are keeping their expectations low, as both sides appear to be more interested in avoiding moves that would risk their current trade truce.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The newfound decagon is about 104,250 miles (167,820 kilometers) wide, with each of its 10 sides measuring about 10,425 miles (16,782 km) long.
    — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of sides
Noun
  • Like other faith-healing sects, the Followers sought answers elsewhere.
    — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Grand jury testimony portrayed the shooting as a culmination of a longstanding feud between rival record labels — Death Row Records and Bad Boy Records — and rival gang sects Mob Piru and South Side Compton Crips.
    — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of sects
Noun
  • Brentford played through the spaces Spurs left in midfield for the opening goal of their 3-0 win, while Newcastle frequently targeted the wings with direct play to generate opportunities.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • It would be topped with a sixty-foot gold statue of Lady Liberty, wearing wings and flanked by gold eagles.
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of wings
Noun
  • And both sets of allies are forming new middle-power coalitions to reduce reliance on Washington, from recent European arrangements with India to the trade agreements Japan is pursuing with Latin America.
    — Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Health care affordability will be solved by building durable coalitions around ideas that work in the real world, not just in theory.
    — Kody Kinsley, STAT, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of coalitions
Noun
  • The reason most teams stop there is not indifference as much as compromise.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The Wall Street Journal and the Athletic reported Walter used billions of dollars of those insurance premiums to buy sports teams.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of teams
Noun
  • Schmitt proposed that the world would be properly organized by spatial blocs, or Grossräume, dominated by regional hegemons.
    — Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The conflict pitted against each other the two political blocs that would define Israel.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of blocs

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“Factions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factions. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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