as in union
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
the new organization is a federation of existing organizations that were all dedicated to preserving Civil War battlefields
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Recent Examples of federation
Nkrumah and Lumumba had once agreed, secretly, to form a Ghana-Congo federation.
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Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Despite some promising high-concept notions such as an intergalactic federation, mystic beings, parasitic species, a sentient interstellar craft, and Slipstream FTL quantum mechanics, seemingly inevitable creative differences arose as the show progressed.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2025
National soccer federations are also being affected.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
The North Carolina Wildlife Federation has received a wave of calls from residents upset about citations, said Alden Picard, the federation’s conservation coordinator.
—Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
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Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Despite some promising high-concept notions such as an intergalactic federation, mystic beings, parasitic species, a sentient interstellar craft, and Slipstream FTL quantum mechanics, seemingly inevitable creative differences arose as the show progressed.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2025
National soccer federations are also being affected.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
The North Carolina Wildlife Federation has received a wave of calls from residents upset about citations, said Alden Picard, the federation’s conservation coordinator.
—Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for federation
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Thousands of employees at the departments of Education, Treasury, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, are set to receive layoff notices, according to spokespeople for the agencies and union representatives for federal workers.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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The figure was detailed in a court document the Justice Department submitted in response to a lawsuit from unions representing government workers.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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The clouds are as much a character in Murphy’s work as the cowboys, though the former are unchanged since the Oceti Sakowin first formed their confederacy.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the sixteenth century, the nomadic, reindeer-herding Sámi people of what’s now northern Sweden and Finland and the Shawnee of the Ohio Valley in North America, who lived in farming villages organized as a confederacy, didn’t necessarily have much in common.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Aug. 2025
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The protests, organized by a coalition of left-leaning groups, were scheduled amid a federal government shutdown.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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More than 2,600 rallies are planned Saturday in cities large and small, organized by hundreds of coalition partners.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Investors sent Broadcom shares up as as much as 11% on Monday, betting that the OpenAI alliance will generate hundreds of billions of dollars in new revenue for the chipmaker.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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As a retired admiral and former supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I was thrilled when Sweden and Finland joined the alliance.—
James Stavridis,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Colts are in the midst of a stellar 2025 campaign, tied with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the best record in the league.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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Ware, who entered Monday averaging a league-high 11 rebounds per game this preseason, recorded six points, 11 rebounds, two assists and one block in 21 minutes.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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At European soccer governing body UEFA’s Congress in Stockholm in April 2002, Kazakhstan was admitted as the confederation’s 52nd member after leaving the Asian Football Confederation the previous year.—
Nina Subkhanberdina,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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To imagine Palestinians and Israelis living in relative peace in their own states, or under some sort of confederation, seems impossible today.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Federation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/federation. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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