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federation

[fed-uh-ray-shuhn] / ˌfɛd əˈreɪ ʃən /


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Her organization launched in 2024 as a federation of local tenant unions across the country.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Soccer’s much ballyhooed “golden generation,” it was a performance that hardly shone and a sign that whatever progress the federation has made over the past two decades hasn’t gone as far as hoped.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Bridging the divide between those factions will be challenging for the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the U.S., said Todd Vachon, director of the Labor Education Action Research Network at Rutgers University.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Yet "cattle producers still face substantial uncertainty that clouds herd rebuilding decisions," Bernt Nelson, an economist at the federation wrote.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Charging Dr. Euwe as the responsible agent, the federation warned him that it would consider the match “wrecked” if Fischer did not appear in Reykjavik by noon on July 4, Euwe’s deadline.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

He continued to promise increased revenue and greater distribution of funds to soccer federations around the world, which helped bolster support for him through FIFA’s one country-one vote system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Sign on, the federations were told, and you’ll get $20 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Infantino has set a deadline of 19 September for football federations to accept his controversial plans.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

"Infantino threatened to slash members' earnings if they did not back him," the paper reports, "but federations in Asia and Americas are also opposed to sell-off".

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Eventually, internecine warfare erupted between the United States and Soviet Chess federations and FIDE.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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