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 War is finally kicking into gear between these Targaryen factions. —

Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026 France's broad political spectrum has long included far-left and far-right factions that harbor intense, sometimes violent disregard for each other, although deaths in clashes between them have been rare in recent decades. —

ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026 The seven basin states are split into two factions that have not agreed on how to divvy up cuts to water supplies in dry years. —

Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2026 There were factions within and outside of the union that felt Clark and deputy director Bruce Meyer were no longer the right men for their jobs long before Tuesday. —

Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 Feb. 2026 Most residents of these towns have fled out of fear as two factions of the Sinaloa cartel have been locked in battle since September 2024, said Fermín Labrador, a 68-year-old from the nearby village of Chirimoyos. —

Aarón Ibarra, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026 The primary reflects the modern Texas Democratic Party challenge, uniting diverse factions after three decades of losing statewide races that have sharpened questions about electability. —

Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026 In drafting the elections clause in 1787, the Founders at the Constitutional Convention attempted to balance their distrust of state legislatures as the source of partisan factions with their desire to maintain state control over voting qualifications. —

Jeffrey Rosen, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026 Most political factions in Haiti agree that the next phase of the transition should be led by a dual executive, with both a prime minister and a president. —

Jacqueline Charles Miami Herald, Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026

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Mountbatten-Windsor and Giuffre's settlement was confidential, the parties had said in a joint statement in the filing.

— Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
The current law has also been used to prosecute secondary parties, such as journalists who allegedly encouraged public office holders to leak confidential information – something that the Law Commission said has generated significant controversy.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026