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 Once senior officers had set off on a longboat to seek help in what is now Jakarta, Cornelisz divided the remaining survivors into factions, playing them off against each. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 30 Oct. 2026 No Israeli political party has ever won an outright majority in the Knesset, forcing parliamentary factions to build sometimes unwieldy political alliances. — Ilan Ben Zion, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026 No single Israeli party has ever won enough seats to control parliament alone, meaning parties generally need to form coalitions with other political factions. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Yet that position, unpopular with factions in both parties, is also unpopular with some inside his deeply loyalist White House. — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026 When Washington in May designated Brazil’s two largest criminal factions, the First Capital Command and the Red Command, as terrorist organizations, Lula warned the labels could become a pretext for American intervention. — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026 But extreme right-wing factions in Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party have insisted that maintaining only males from the male imperial line as eligible to become emperor preserves the authority of the Chrysanthemum Throne. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026 Flávio has promised to designate major criminal factions as terrorist groups, expand prisons and lower the age of criminal responsibility. — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026 But in late 2024, as the GOP should have been taking a victory lap, two factions of the MAGA movement clashed over H-1B visas. — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026

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The state's rural, agriculture-heavy economy was disproportionately impacted by rising prices, and saw millions in investment from both parties, particularly in the final weeks of the race.

— Elena Moore, NPR, 12 Nov. 2026
Some women never worked as models and were instead sent to parties at Epstein’s Palm Beach and Manhattan mansions.

— Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of parties

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Top it with your favorite gravy or pan sauce, and eat it alongside sides like mashed potatoes, roasted vegetables, or mac and cheese.

— Natalia Vela, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2026
Equipment is protected by carport roofing, but is not screened in on the sides to prevent the entry of insects.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of sides

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And Idaho exempts parents from faith-healing sects like the Followers from the legal duty to give their children lifesaving medical care.

— Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2026
Beyond wanting reform of existing religious options, these various sects differed greatly from each other.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of sects

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The same fryer is also responsible for the unbelievable Croqu’Ailes Farcies XL, which are deboned chicken wings stuffed with more chicken and deep-fried.

— Luke Pyenson, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
Sherman’s troops, divided into two wings to obfuscate their final destination, would travel light.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of wings

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The prospect of more healthy years extends the horizon of all age groups in society and could become a basis for new coalitions supporting public investments for the present and the future.

— Daron Acemoglu, Time, 7 Nov. 2026
Raman’s campaign, Horvath said, was about building power by acknowledging the exasperation of voters rather than building traditional coalitions in what has been an unresponsive political establishment.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of coalitions

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None of the traditional parties or blocs won sufficient votes to form a national government in New Zealand or Israel, or to administer most major municipalities in South Africa.

— the Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2026
From Georgia, South Carolina and Texas in the South to Ohio, Kansas and Iowa in the Midwest, insurgent Democrats not only won but did so with significant margins -- with notable shifts in key demographic groups and voting blocs.

— Elizabeth Schreier, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of blocs

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