as in union
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
the new organization is a federation of existing organizations that were all dedicated to preserving Civil War battlefields
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Recent Examples of federation
Meanwhile, Fox Corporation recently acquired Mexico’s Caliente TV, and Amazon announced a partnership with the Mexican federation that included an increase in the number of Liga MX games streaming on Prime Video—suggesting there is an appetite for the league’s inventory if the market opens up.
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Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Multi-billionaire Musk put the Texas city's name on the world stage when his X Corp filed a federal lawsuit there against several big advertisers and an international advertising federation in U.S. District Court.
—Lynn Walker, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Ecuador was set to host the men’s Copa América in 2024, but the federation pulled out the year prior, citing security and infrastructure concerns.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 11 July 2025
For two decades, the federation relied on a partnership with MLS that tasked Soccer United Marketing (SUM) with selling U.S. Soccer commercial rights.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 8 July 2025
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San Antonio teacher and union member Dior Edison said Abbott's voucher plan would take money from public schools.—
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The other 25% will be funneled into a fund controlled by both SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP trustees to be distributed among the rest of the union’s members.—
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Americans are divided on that topic, with 55% saying historical figures that supported the confederacy and racial segregation should not be memorialized in a June 2024 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute.—
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Men were the representatives of their clans and nations in the Haudenosaunee council, which made decisions for the confederacy as a whole.—
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The annual festival was started in 2017 by the Red River Cultural District, a nonprofit coalition of Austin businesses and community organizations clustered around the live music corridor on Red River Street.—
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The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought in San Diego by a coalition of gun owners and gun-rights groups that alleged the law infringed on the Second Amendment rights of California residents.—
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Clarify Strategic Objectives As the CEO of a commercial landscape alliance, we are rooted in a growing industry.—
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Ullrich notes that having transparency or ESG criteria or being part of an alliance of businesses that understand the importance of protecting the natural environment is aspirational.—
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The team will take a six-game winning streak into the second half of the season when league play resumes on Aug. 1.—
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For the second year in a row, the league took a break from its season-long event structure and held a winner-take-all tournament that harkens back to its roots as a league.—
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The reality that this confederation was not effective enough led to a second effort, this time successful.—
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In previous years, the Club World Cup was a relatively small affair featuring the champions of each confederation's tournament plus a host representative.—
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“Federation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/federation. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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