confederation
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“I think the cardinals were looking for three things,” said Alistair Dutton, secretary-general of Caritas Internationalis, the global confederation of Catholic humanitarian organizations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
The most likely replacement scenario would have Iraq, the top non-qualifier from the Asian confederation, taking Iran’s place.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
Meanwhile, adding to the whole aura of professionalism, President Trump also didn’t seem entirely certain it was the head of the Swiss confederation on the call.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026
Under Switzerland's political system, power is distributed among three levels of the confederation, 26 cantons and then about 2,131 municipalities.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
Patuxet was one of the dozen or so settlements in what is now eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island that comprised the Wampanoag confederation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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