confederation
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Synonyms
alliance, axis, bloc, block, coalition, combination, combine, confederacy, federation, league, union
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The incident spurred the creation of Senegambia, a loose confederation between Senegal and Gambia that lasted for eight years. — Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, "Dawda Jawara, Gambian founding father who led country for 24 years, dies at 95," 29 Aug. 2019 Rosie Silberman was born in Germany on July 1 — a date now known as Canada Day, commemorating the 1867 confederation of Canada into a single entity in the British Empire — in the year after World War II ended. — David Shribman, Los Angeles Times, "Revered from left and right, she’ll soon be Canada’s longest-serving judge," 26 Aug. 2019 Australia, part of the Asian confederation since 2006, were a penalty shootout away from making it. — SI.com, "Why European Dominance at the 2019 Women's World Cup Is Unfamiliar But Not Unexpected," 27 June 2019 Government officials in the Caribbean nations of St. Lucia and Dominica recently came out in favor of Morocco’s bid, despite being members of the same confederation as the U.S., Canada and Mexico. — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, "U.S. Bid for World Cup Faces a Stiff Challenge by Morocco," 16 Apr. 2018 America is unraveling into an unhappy confederation of hostile tribes. — David Brog, National Review, "What Bret Stephens Gets Wrong about National Conservatives," 1 Aug. 2019 That leads to another obvious conclusion: Put more women in power at the international level, at the confederation level, and at the national federation level. — Shira Springer, BostonGlobe.com, "What needs to be done to grow women’s soccer?," 29 June 2019 Last year, confederation president Ahmad Ahmad, in a speech at the CAF women's football symposium, said the organization would prioritize women's competitions and support local federations in managing women's teams. — Aisha Salaudeen, CNN, "African female footballers face uphill battle to play a 'man's game'," 20 June 2019 But Mexico, unbeaten this year in four friendlies under Martino, won three of the previous four editions of the biennial confederation tournament. — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, "Mexico’s ‘best of the rest’ team ready to show its form against Cuba in Gold Cup opener," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'confederation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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