Thesaurus results for FACTIONS

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 AfD leaders in Saxony-Anhalt are also courting the more right-wing factions of the mainstream conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) – though Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vehemently ruled out any cooperation. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 7 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 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 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

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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

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In the ongoing debate about the usefulness of data centers, or the overwhelming curse of the same, both sides have their arguments.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Her claim was immediately disputed, debunked, de-debunked, de3-bunked, and ultimately litigated, with experts and expert neural networks testifying and offering evidence on all sides.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of sides

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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

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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

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But while anti-immigrant, pro-Russian parties have made inroads across the continent in recent years, there have also been notable reversals, and some have softened their views to build coalitions with moderates.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
At national level, too, far-right parties now lead coalitions in Italy and the Czech Republic and serve as junior governing partners in Finland, Croatia, Slovakia and Sweden.

— Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of coalitions

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, which further drove countries apart and into blocs, made decision-makers and ordinary citizens worry even more.

— Da Wei, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2026
In close elections, the volatility of these voting blocs matters.

— The Conversation, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

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