blocs

noun

plural of bloc
1
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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2
as in coalitions
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 Trade restrictions are breaking up world markets, but not into tidy blocs. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 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 Polls put Vannacci's Futuro Nazionale at around 4% to nearly 5%, a potentially decisive share with Italy’s main center-right and center-left blocs closely matched. — ABC News, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blocs
  1. factions
  2. coalitions
  3. parties
  4. alliances
  5. sides
  6. unions
  7. federations
  8. leagues
Noun
  • The threat comes after Iran recently reorganized its military to be more aggressive as factions in the government abandon hopes for negotiations.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Israel has traditionally avoided official dialogue with far-right parties in Europe, where many factions have direct antecedents in post-Second World War neofascist movements.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of factions
Noun
  • 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
  • At a hearing this week, Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin asked the parties to identify two potential magistrates who could oversee mediation by next Wednesday.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Per the complaint, both parties bought Logitech mice at higher prices.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of parties
Noun
  • Central bank governor Abdolnasser Hemmati said Thursday that Iran will soon join the BRICS New Development Bank, as Tehran seeks to shore up its economic alliances.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Throughout much of the Cold War, regional alliances held off both Soviet communism and Arab radicalism, which meant that the United States felt the need to intervene only rarely and briefly.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of alliances
Noun
  • As the war with Iran continues and both sides seek to control the strait, through which 25% of the world's oil trade transited before the war began in February, oil prices have reached their highest level since July.
    — August 20, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • That tariff rate was later reduced to 15% when the two sides agreed on a trade deal, but uncertainty remains about the stability of that agreement and how imports of certain European goods, such as steel, will be taxed by Washington.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of sides
Noun
  • Hotel companies and the unions representing hotel workers oppose expanding the short-term rental market out of existing housing stock.
    — Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Nevada has the service industry unions because of Las Vegas; Michigan has the auto industry and associated manufacturing support industries; Virginia is home to more federal workers than any other state.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of unions
Noun
  • As tennis has grown and the four Grand Slams — and their respective national tennis federations — have grown more powerful with it, that favoritism has evolved into something far less wild and far more predictable.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The national federations of Argentina, Mexico and Qatar are among those to express public support for his continued leadership.
    — Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of federations
Noun
  • Other leagues are increasingly discussing centralizing their local media rights sales, with the possibility of bundling them together on a streaming service such as Amazon Prime Video, DAZN, ESPN, or YouTube.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Volume matters, but turning those opportunities into extra yards is what can win you leagues.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of leagues

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