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faction

[fak-shuhn] / ˈfæk ʃən /




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The Makary-Prasad faction treated flexibility as a loophole to be closed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Although he headed the hardline "principlist" faction - committed to the ideological principles of the Islamic revolution - during his first term, Larijani was described in later years as a "moderate conservative".

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Whatever their considerations were, there is clearly more than one faction inside the White House and the Department of Justice with a view.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

Likely between age 8 and 15, she was enslaved by an ethnic Maya faction in present-day Tabasco state, though it is unclear if she was kidnapped or sold.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

“The faction system that has long supported itself on the hacks of discarded human beings will be disbanded at once,” says Evelyn.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth




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