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blocs

noun

plural of bloc

as in factions

a group of people acting together within a larger group a whole bloc of students got together to complain

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an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection the bloc that the United States and most of western Europe formed during the Cold War

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Recent Examples of blocs Schmitt proposed that the world would be properly organized by spatial blocs, or Grossräume, dominated by regional hegemons. — Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026 Tier 1 includes countries and blocs that deal in large volumes of goods tied to China, but also maintain diversified industrial bases. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026 Beyond concerns about Hong's old tweets, however, critics have suggested the campaign underperformed with key voting blocs and made questionable decisions, such as dedicating $150,200 to online ads without running a single TV broadcast spot. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2026 Netanyahu is courting blocs of ultranationalist voters ahead of what’s expected to be a difficult reelection campaign in October. — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Indeed, its domestic coalition spans Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish political blocs. — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Fragmentation in the form of armed conflicts, tariff disputes and the dissolution of trade blocs is at an all-time high. — Yasushi Sasaki, Fortune, 30 July 2026 These various developing relationships with Iraq do not represent a simple competition among rival countries or blocs. — John Calabrese, The Conversation, 21 July 2026 That has raised concerns that the next era of wireless communications—headlined by 6G and Wi-Fi 8—will result in the world’s three largest economic blocs adopting three incompatible wireless spectrum models. — Stephen Cousins, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026

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Noun

In the last decade and a half, a carrousel of feuding political factions took turns governing, all inadequately.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
If the league can successfully divide different groups of players, or if the union can’t successfully unite various factions, players overall will have a tough go.

— Evan Drellich, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of factions

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And both sets of allies are forming new middle-power coalitions to reduce reliance on Washington, from recent European arrangements with India to the trade agreements Japan is pursuing with Latin America.

— Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Health care affordability will be solved by building durable coalitions around ideas that work in the real world, not just in theory.

— Kody Kinsley, STAT, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of coalitions

Noun

Those deals took place under multiple presidential administrations of both parties, and various FTC leaders.

— Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The district says it should be allowed to use the existing law and that any major changes to California's fiscal oversight system should go through the normal legislative process, including public hearings and input from all involved parties.

— Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of parties

Noun

Powerful nations interested in the Pacific have raced in recent years to shore up alliances among its leaders, intensifying a contest for influence between China and the United States, Taiwan, and forum members Australia and New Zealand.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Navigating a changing climate, Marian develops interspecies alliances on a quest for the holy grail.

— Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of alliances

Noun

All 350 potential scenarios are tailor-made, and some are influenced by real events, from both sides of the political divide.

— Will Barker, TheWeek, 26 Aug. 2026
Club stocks CrowdStrike and Salesforce also report after the bell, and both sides of the enterprise software trade will be tested.

— Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of sides

Noun

Nonetheless, no agreements have been reached yet, partly because of the complexities of the issues surrounding AI, as well as sensitivities around how Hollywood talent and unions would react, the sources said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
The Court has been persistently reactionary in its dealings with other branches, using horizontal review to protect enslavers from abolitionists, bosses from unions, and tycoons from tax collectors.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of unions

Noun

And while these residents may have varying opinions on the legislation, the 43 federations, councils and other organizations that make up Jewish California have thrown their support behind it.

— Sharon Udasin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Caribbean member federations are seen as potential supporters for Infantino to peel away from their CONCACAF leadership.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of federations

Noun

And aside from owning private jets and towering mansions, billionaires’ two favorite hobbies are buying stakes in professional sports leagues and pouring money into philanthropy.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
The effect of the wealth consolidation carefully, and secretly, orchestrated by the SEC and Big 10 has been not catastrophic to those not in these respective leagues, but at least cataclysmic.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026

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