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federal

[fed-er-uhl] / ˈfɛd ər əl /
ADJECTIVE
confederate
Synonyms
STRONG
amalgamated associated combined federated incorporated leagued organized syndicated unionized
WEAK
corporate in alliance
ADJECTIVE
national
Synonyms
STRONGEST
civil communal domestic ethnic governmental internal interstate nationwide public social
STRONG
general home imperial native royal sovereign state sweeping vernacular
WEAK
countrywide government civic inland politic political societal widespread
Antonyms
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private
WEAK
local
ADJECTIVE
public
Synonyms
STRONGEST
civic civil communal governmental mutual national popular social universal urban
STRONG
city common country free government metropolitan open state
WEAK
accessible conjoint conjunct free to all intermutual municipal not private open door unrestricted widespread without charge
Antonyms
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local private unshared
WEAK
particular specific unknown
ADJECTIVE
united
Synonyms
STRONGEST
concerted consolidated cooperative homogeneous integrated linked unanimous undivided unified
STRONG
affiliated agreed allied amalgamated assembled associated banded confederated conjugate incorporated leagued pooled
WEAK
coadunate cognate collective concordant congruent conjoint conjunctive corporate hooked up in accord in cahoots joined up like-minded lined up of one mind of the same opinion one plugged in tied in unitary
Antonyms
STRONGEST
divided separate uncoordinated
WEAK
separated

Example Sentences

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The FCC was “not given the power to decide antitrust issues” and FCC action “was not intended to prevent enforcement of the antitrust laws in federal courts,” the ruling said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

A federal judge halted the $6.2 billion merger of television station giants Nexstar Media Group and Tegna after eight states and satellite broadcaster DirecTV sued to block the deal on antitrust grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

While a federal court in California has largely agreed, a federal appeals court has denied the firm's request to temporarily block the supply chain risk designation.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The federal government, acting under a 2019 drought agreement, will release between 660,000 acre-feet and 1 million acre-feet from Flaming Gorge Reservoir over the next 12 months.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The Fugitive Slave Act adds new rules for stricter federal enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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