How to Use federation in a Sentence

federation

noun
  • But the federation isn’t playing the heavy here, though.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Few people saw that skill set taking her to the top of the federation, though.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • In the Brazilian federation, the union is the main player.
    Richard Schiffman, Scientific American, 9 Nov. 2022
  • For that, the Spanish federation called her a liar and threatened to sue.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The federation met jointly with the unions on Nov. 29 and was set to meet with the women’s union Monday.
    oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The federation, on the other hand, is not required in the city’s charter.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The federation did not so much as back him as follow him down the rabbit hole.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • In the end, then, the only surprise was that the French soccer federation, the F.F.F., waited so long.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The federation said she was known for her love of horses and work ethic.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 2 May 2023
  • The ski federation, known as FIS, has tasked a working group with studying the idea.
    Nat Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Most of the day-to-day operation of the federation falls on her.
    Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022
  • And what on earth is federation even going to look like?
    Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 2 May 2023
  • The federation has since been granted funding by the city.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
  • And so, there’ll be lots of other federations out there.
    Nilay Patel, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The men and women will also pool the prize money from both the men's and women's World Cups and divide it at 45% each, with a 10% cut for the federation.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The four brothers were key figures in the Sinaloa federation until a bitter split with Guzmán in 2008.
    Tim Golden, ProPublica, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The federation said Kuliak will have to return his medal and prize money as part of the ban.
    NBC News, 18 May 2022
  • Leon no longer works at the labor federation, Schwartz said.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Yes, the Canadians have been at odds with their federation over pay issues and the stress of that surely took its toll.
    USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The medal earned the U.S. team an additional spot in the Tokyo Games, but the federation named another athlete to the squad.
    Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2024
  • The federation reached an equal pay deal with female players in May 2022.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • And at times like these, the federation sticks together.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Track and field will be the first sport to give direct cash payments for Olympic gold medals, the sport’s federation announced Wednesday.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The Mexican soccer federation has been fined – more than a dozen times, to the tune of many thousands of dollars.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
  • The city grant is the federation’s primary source of funding.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Mexico was eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup and its federation is a mess, but the U.S. team has its own problems.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Comment from the federation is not included in the Cheer episode.
    Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 12 Jan. 2022
  • When Montoya complained to the press, her country’s federation denied her a spot on the Summer Olympics squad in 2016.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The photo, which a representative of the federation said was taken on Tuesday from a helicopter, allegedly shows a backpack and bodies on a rocky ledge on the glacier.
    Anna Chernova, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The federation subsequently switched from the homegrown label to German brand Adidas for its sponsorship.
    Rhonda Richford, WWD, 25 Nov. 2024

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