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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

Ms. Machado’s acceptance by a national majority reduces uncertainty, discourages factional violence, and channels political energy toward institutional restoration instead of confrontation.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

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

I had attended but a few meetings before I realized that a bitter factional fight was in progress between two groups of members of the club.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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