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coalition

[koh-uh-lish-uhn] / ˌkoʊ əˈlɪʃ ən /


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By March 2025, he had organized a coalition of top-10 players behind a letter of demands to the four Grand Slams, a rare show of alignment among the sport’s biggest names.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The following year, BlackRock joined a coalition of investors committed to helping companies reach net-zero emissions by 2050 and voted for 47% of shareholder proposals focused on environmental and social goals.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

The FinEd50 coalition, a movement backed by both nonprofits and corporations, is working to expand and improve financial education.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

The reforms, which have yet to be debated in Congress, have drawn criticism from rights groups, opposition leaders and even members of the ruling coalition.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

The old Antifederalist coalition that Madison had opposed so effectively at the Virginia ratifying convention in 1788 believed with some justification that their cause had never really been defeated, merely outmaneuvered.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

They defended the status quo against various liberation movements and labor coalitions, fighting to keep everything as it had always been in service of the people who most benefited from the old arrangement.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

This perspective suggests that the legislative process and bipartisan coalitions still function as a significant safeguard for children’s nutrition.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

Similar business-backed coalitions are financing cultural-preservation programs, such as Carlos Molina’s Salsa Museum in the Workers Barrio.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

The question is whether a new generation can find a way to represent a mass of Angelenos with bold new visions and coalitions of their own.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2026

Civil rights groups have also developed litigation and important coalitions related to the school-to-prison pipeline, inadequate indigent defense, and juvenile justice reform, to name a few.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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