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factional

[fak-shuh-nl] / ˈfæk ʃə nl /




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Ordained a priest in 2002, she became the first female Bishop of London in 2018, only four years after the church began allowing women bishops after years of bitter factional wrangling.

From Barron's Mar. 25, 2026

Rodríguez’s tone shift highlighted the balance that her shaky interim leadership is testing out as she tries to withstand U.S. pressure while keeping the country’s so-called revolutionary government from dissolving into factional infighting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

What followed was decades of insurgency, factional splits and ceasefires.

From BBC Oct. 27, 2025

We shouldn’t be looking for factional domination or the triumph of one school of progressive thought and strategy over another.

From Slate Oct. 6, 2025

The separation often resulted in factional fights between different ethnic groups and clans, which the companies did not effectively discourage.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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