confederacy
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In the confederacy, Georgia enacted a similar 15-day grace period, while Florida law provided an extra 20 days.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
When Sam Nia and his wife arrived at their hotel in Nuuk, they were welcomed into a confederacy of stranded tourists whose flights had been unable to get out for days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025
Known as “Lament for Confederation,” it was a landmark moment in First Nations history, calling out the meaning of the confederacy and the impact of colonization on Indigenous peoples.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024
But without some agreed-upon mechanism for determining whether such a violation has happened, there is effectively no difference between Radan’s version and the "mere confederacy during pleasure" Story describes.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2023
In response, the Cherokee chiefdoms gradually found themselves compelled to join into a single confederacy in the course of the 18th century.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing confederacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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The Federalist Papers, No. 1 by Alexander Hamilton
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Iroquois Constitution
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