two-party
adjective
two-par·ty
ˈtü-ˈpär-tē 
: characterized by two major political parties of comparable strength
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While our political system may employ a two-party system, all of us are a mixture of ideas and beliefs.
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Katherine Schulten, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
These separate but related trends in education and culture have collided with the limited choice available in the United States’ two-party system.
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
The surprise collapse of three and then two-party talks aimed at cobbling together a centrist coalition that could serve as a bulwark against the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after the FPO came first in September’s parliamentary election leaves President Alexander Van der Bellen with few options.
—Reuters, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2025
Nigel Farage Donald Trump’s favorite British lawmaker has gone from being the perennial political outsider to the man who could reshape the UK’s two-party duopoly — all while juggling a TV news job.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
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Katherine Schulten, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
These separate but related trends in education and culture have collided with the limited choice available in the United States’ two-party system.
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
The surprise collapse of three and then two-party talks aimed at cobbling together a centrist coalition that could serve as a bulwark against the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after the FPO came first in September’s parliamentary election leaves President Alexander Van der Bellen with few options.
—Reuters, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2025
Nigel Farage Donald Trump’s favorite British lawmaker has gone from being the perennial political outsider to the man who could reshape the UK’s two-party duopoly — all while juggling a TV news job.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Two-party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two-party. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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