factions

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 There are multiple factions with a variety of goals and assessments about the technology's promise, dangers and how it should be governed. — Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026 Various events bring together factions of a fashion industry that is acutely aware of the vastness of its environmental footprint and how little is being done to mitigate it. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 Now as a single patron, Saudi Arabia is trying to absorb under its command and funding structure the factions that spent years operating with other loyalties. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 In 1952 a difference of opinion over membership on the leadership council in Short Creek led to rival factions, one of which, in 1954, became the offshoot Apostolic United Brethren (AUB), the second largest of the fundamentalist groups. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026 Aldermen tested their chances of improving the deal for months, an effort first reported by the Tribune that saw various City Council factions pledge to reject a sale for a host of reasons. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026 The result is a fractured country, with the Houthis controlling the capital and the northwest, and the government and allied factions holding much of the south and east. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 While there is no suggestion of any kind of confrontation, there were tensions between different factions in the dressing room as Rosenior’s tenure unravelled. — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Castro’s death could also spark the sort of power struggles among factions that usually follow the death of an authoritarian leader. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • Supported by both major political parties, and Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter, the Equal Rights Amendment was sent to the states for ratification.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Lawmakers in both parties are expected to introduce legislation to establish a federal film & TV tax incentive as soon as Thursday, according to sources familiar with the plans.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Under the memorandum of understanding the two sides signed in June that collapsed within days, Iran's nuclear program was meant to be discussed over a 60-day period.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The group of senators — which includes all Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Africa panel — criticized both sides of the conflict.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026
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
Noun
  • If you have ever been stuck in traffic wishing your car could sprout wings, Samson Sky has been working on something pretty close.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Here are seven tips that make a real difference in texture, plus an easy recipe for the buttery, tangy lemon pepper wet wings Atlanta knows and loves.
    — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026
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  • Similarly to De Soto, residents in Emporia, El Dorado, Ottawa, Osawatomie and Edgerton have formed their own coalitions and circulated petitions to ban data centers in their respective communities.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Both parties emerged from the progressive era as messy coalitions of diverse constituencies and interests, not uniform ideologies.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
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  • IvyCraft is designed for researchers, students, educators, content creators, consultants, and teams that regularly turn source material into presentations, videos, podcasts, or visual content.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The last time these teams were district foes, Seminole beat the Blue Darters twice in 2023 — including a playoff game.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The state is seven years into an insurance market contraction, with regulated carriers freezing business or dropping large blocs of policies.
    — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • But annual trade between the two blocs—currently more than $125 billion—is projected to increase by 40 percent by 2040.
    — JONAS NAHM, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Factions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factions. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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