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as in alliance
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
preservationists formed a coalition with the theater owners to preserve these historic structures
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Recent Examples of coalition
In Minneapolis, a coalition of migrant rights groups organized the demonstration that began in a park about half a mile from the residential neighborhood where the 37-year-old Good was shot on Wednesday.
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Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
For members of the Santa Clara County Rapid Response Network, a coalition of nonprofits that operates a hotline for reports of ICE activity and connects residents with legal and community support, the risk is not theoretical.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
Revolutionary France, having declared war on a coalition including Great Britain, looked to its 1778 treaty ally for support.
—Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
It was launched in February 2025 in partnership with a coalition of health systems and hospitals across the country.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coalition
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Instead, the major political factions of the time--from the moderates to the communists to the Islamists to millions of everyday Iranians--put their trust in the mullahs to bring them a free Iran.—
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But no amount of protesting will bring our factions together.—
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Those competing interpretations of Saudi intent are now colliding most visibly in Yemen, where the Saudi-Emirati alliance originally formed to counter Iran’s Houthi proxy.—
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Since this alliance took shape, dysfunction has grown, trust has eroded, and outrage has spread.—
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Regardless of which party is calling for the impeachment of judges, the outcome is unlikely to result in a conviction by the Senate.—
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Labor strikes are not allowed, the leadership has control over the courts and media, and last but not least, opposition to the party is not allowed.—
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Long before settlers came to the Americas, there was a confederacy and governance system between three tribes: the Ottawa, the Ojibwe and the Potawatomi.—
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The confederacy of tribes was pressured into ceding lands to the state of New York, and further displaced by ensuing frontier settlement.—
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During construction, two additional wings were added, flanking the original building to accommodate new guest rooms.—
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And for nearly 200 years, the Navier-Stokes equations have served as an unimpeachable theory of how fluids in the real world behave — from ocean currents threading their way between the continents to air wrapping around an aircraft’s wings.—
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Only two other individuals stood for comment, both of whom represented unions.—
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Among the controversial bills this session are measures regarding union fees, artificial intelligence regulation and a bill to tax pot based on its potency.—
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The internal combustion side of the powertrain, handled in-house by Ford, will be paired with the Bosch hybrid system currently deployed across the Hypercar class.—
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The wallpaper pro suggests a medium-scale floral block print, which will read more subdued than larger- or smaller-scale options on either side of the spectrum.—
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In a ruling Thursday following 11 months of investigation and litigation in a case that has become a cause for national shame in Norway and forced FIS to revamp its enforcement protocols, the committee decided to back the federation’s request for a punishment far harsher than previous penalties.—
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Last year, the French federation of e-commerce operators, known by the acronym Fevad, ranked Aroma-Zone as France’s number-one e-commerce site, beating out Amazon, according to feedback from the public.—
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“Coalition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coalition. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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