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 The two frontrunners in the Democratic primary are now Hong and Crowley, who has since gotten Evers' backing, setting up a battle between the party's moderate and progressive factions. — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 But, as analysts note, candidates often appeal to their party's hardline or most vocal factions in primaries before later tempering their messages. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026 While investigations into their death continues, experts say there are indications that some of the influencers did have relationships with criminal organizations and were killed as acts of reprisal by rival factions. — Rey Rodríguez, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 In 2014, Obama wore a tan-colored suit to a press conference addressing ISIS, a wardrobe choice that was endlessly criticized by certain factions of the media and even earned its own Wikipedia page. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026 The reason this season sank like a concrete turd was that factions within the cast formed around whether people are loyal to Jason and Janet Caperna or Danny Booko and Nia Sanchez. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026 Defining socialism is difficult because there are many different factions within the movement. — Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Whoever wins will need to bring splintered factions back into the fold to beat Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 For additional context, the war against the Locust kicks off only a few weeks after the 79-year conflict between human factions known as the Pendulum Wars, which explains why the COG wasn't in the best of conditions when the monsters attacked. — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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Prosecutors displayed multiple pictures of Callan at the time of his autopsy to the parties and jury, though they were not shown on camera.

— Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
In 70 to 80 percent of the cases heard by the London Court of International Arbitration, both parties are foreign.

— Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of parties

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Every quarter of adoption raises the cost of an adverse ruling, for both sides.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Battered cars with numbers sprayed on their sides are whipping around the dirt track of the Lebanon Valley Speedway, loose fenders flopping like overgrown bangs in the swirling dust.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026

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Hundreds of pages of grand jury transcripts portray Tupac Shakur's 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.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
In 1642, the fifth Dalai Lama first unified Tibet by yoking the strength of Mongol forces, who razed the monasteries of rival sects, killing thousands.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

Definition of sects

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Reverend Jackson taught me a long time ago, a party needs two wings to fly.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
And after years of building a cult following, they were taken under the wings of Dover Street Market in 2024, after first meeting its president, Adrian Joffe, backstage at a Madonna show.

— Beatrice Dupuy, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of wings

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The Saudi Energy Ministry said a fire had broken out at dawn at a facility belonging to Saudi Aramco’s refinery in Jazan, that was extinguished by the company’s firefighting teams.

— Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Each of those teams had a co-operative effort woven into their style by their head coach or manager.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

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