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a military group controlling a government after taking control of it by force
A military junta quickly seized power in the country.
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Recent Examples of juntas
In at least three Sahel states — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — military juntas that came to power in coups, notably Niger and Mali, have expelled Western military forces.
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Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Kuti was an outspoken critic of Nigeria’s military juntas in the 1970s.
—Peter White, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Kuti was an outspoken critic of Nigeria’s military juntas in the 1970s.
—Peter White, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for juntas
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Civilians misidentified as undercover officers have been chased by anti-ICE mobs in public, even while the victims were going about their daily lives, based on erroneous reporting from fellow ICE monitors.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Feb. 2026
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Instead of listening to reason, mobs of angry senior citizens around the country started to form into groups demanding justice.—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Set three years after the Imjin War, Kingdom sees a mysterious plague spreading throughout the Joseon Dynasty, which is sure to meddle in the various political conspiracies.—
Sammi Burke,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Feb. 2026
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One month later, Turning Point’s flagship conference descended into recriminations over the very controversies and conspiracies that its founder had endeavored so assiduously to suppress.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Adams put together a portfolio of his workday doodles and sent it to several newspaper syndicates.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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Outside the capital, guerrilla groups and organized crime syndicates are exploiting the power vacuum along Venezuela’s borders and in its resource-rich interior.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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While the public record does not include explicit names or locations, blockchain forensics firms are often able to associate addresses with certain crypto exchanges or criminal gangs.—
Carlos Garcia,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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The men who spoke to NBC News, as well as the families of former detainees and their attorneys, strongly denied any ties to gangs and said they were unfairly targeted because of tattoos that may be popular in Venezuela and are unrelated to Tren de Aragua.—
Gary Grumbach,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This graph had no cliques — clusters of nodes that are all connected to one another.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Jan. 2026
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What began as a search for community and understanding turned into an experience that felt akin to the cliques and social hierarchies of high school.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
25 Jan. 2026
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These elements are vital to electric vehicles, wind turbines, smartphones, medical imaging systems, fiber-optic networks, and military technologies.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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The totals announced on Tuesday included viewership from the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, Peacock, NBC Sports Digital and NFL+.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Juntas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juntas. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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