as in factions
a group of people acting together within a larger group
one sect of medical researchers holds the minority view that the disease is not caused by that virus
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As such, asked for a message to send to the president, as a number of other Axis of Resistance factions have shared with Newsweek in the past, Uli al-Baas declined, citing a gap between the White House and its constituency.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025 -
Hezbollah was one of several Axis of Resistance factions to intervene on behalf of the Palestinian movement after its October 7, 2023, attack against Israel that sparked the still-ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Sects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sects. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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