as in party
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 faction
Advertisement Allman is among a faction of veterans who contend that the the developer’s contract to build housing does not extend to the town center.
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Violent skirmishes broke out between the two factions and between protesters and law enforcement officers.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
Since war broke out between two factions of Sudan’s military in 2023, the conflict has been unsparingly devastating for civilians.
—Violet Ikong, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
The pattern continued as Israel expanded its war effort into Lebanon to confront Hezbollah, the militant and political faction in southern Lebanon that has been firing rockets into northern Israel for months.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Violent skirmishes broke out between the two factions and between protesters and law enforcement officers.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
Since war broke out between two factions of Sudan’s military in 2023, the conflict has been unsparingly devastating for civilians.
—Violet Ikong, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
The pattern continued as Israel expanded its war effort into Lebanon to confront Hezbollah, the militant and political faction in southern Lebanon that has been firing rockets into northern Israel for months.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
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Well, Trump hijacked a corporate party, which hardly seemed like a vehicle for proletarian revolt, and did exactly that.David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Chinese officials saw neither Trump nor his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, as especially appealing at a time when taking a hard line on China is just about the only issue their two parties can agree on.Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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In the mountains, the system arriving Wednesday was expected to bring 2-4 inches of snow above 5,500 feet west of state Highway 395 and 1-4 inches of snow on the west side of Lake Tahoe, according to the weather service.Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The headband has similar, but lighter, padding under the center, with more rigid sections also covered in microfiber on the sides just above the earcup mounting points.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Arguably the best part of this already popular YouTube series are the deeply thoughtful questions from Evans that his guest must answer while attempting to manage chicken wings slathered in hot sauces with names like Da Bomb and Arbol Scorpion.Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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But more goes on in the wings than even faithful opera lovers might think.Maxwell Alexander, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Some of the elders still remember the days when most Shia were mired in rural poverty, mistreated not just by Lebanon’s other sects but by their own semifeudal overlords.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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With 18 official sects, Lebanon employs a complex political system in which religious communities share power and government positions and seats in parliament are distributed in rough proportion to the country’s demographics.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Congress in recent years has been hot on the UAP trail, as a bipartisan but still somewhat fringe-y coalition of lawmakers has held hearings and applied pressure on other government entities to release information, particularly about any clandestine programs using taxpayer money.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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This, of course, is bad news for the Tuku + Genevieve coalition, who are relying on Caroline’s vote for a majority against Sol.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Vulture has reached out to Majors and Good’s team for comment.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Though Netflix’s team is undoubtedly under pressure ahead of Christmas, many of Netflix’s rivals have already made successful forays in the world of sports streaming with minimal hitches.Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
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Black men had been perceived as a voting bloc ripe for Donald Trump to attract after many expressed concerns a year ago about Joe Biden’s re-election efforts.Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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By centralizing Europe from a federalized trade bloc into a formal imperial state, policymakers would naturally encourage and foster centrifugal social forces.Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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