federation
noun
fed·er·a·tion
ˌfe-də-ˈrā-shən 
1
: an encompassing political or societal entity formed by uniting smaller or more localized entities: such as
a
: a federal government
b
: a union of organizations
2
: the act of creating or becoming a federation
especially
: the forming of a federal union
Examples of federation in a Sentence
a federation of labor unions
a federation of women's clubs
the federation of the states
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The filing includes email correspondence between the PTPA and the two federations, detailing the denials.
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Ava Wallace, New York Times, 18 May 2026
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The International Federation of American Football counts football-playing members in 79 countries, but the global governing bodies of basketball and soccer boast federations in more than 200 countries.
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Ava Wallace, New York Times, 18 May 2026
Look for in-place federation that queries domain systems where the data lives, persistent cross-domain state and discovery that recognizes when signals from different domains belong to the same event.
—Shailesh Manjrekar, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The International Federation of American Football counts football-playing members in 79 countries, but the global governing bodies of basketball and soccer boast federations in more than 200 countries.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 15 May 2026
Bonta pushes back against FIFA ticketing practices In his Wednesday letter to the federation, Bonta emphasized California’s consumer protection laws against unfair competition and false advertising.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
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“Federation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/federation. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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federation
noun
fed·er·a·tion
ˌfed-ə-ˈrā-shən
1
: a political body formed by uniting smaller bodies
especially
: a federal government
2
: the act of creating or becoming a federation
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