alliance
noun
alliances
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pluralof alliance.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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From oil prices to regional alliances, the six-month-old conflict has defied expectations and unsteadied the global balance of power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Mohammad Hassan Najmi, an international relations expert, told AFP that Tehran "believes its membership and active participation in these alliances can enable it to circumvent US and European sanctions".
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
As Carney noted: "We cannot depend on traditional alliances when the rules of the game have fundamentally changed."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
But alliances can withstand a lot of friction—physical proximity alone probably makes a wholesale U.S.-Canada divorce impossible—and escalation isn’t guaranteed.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
They exchanged members, hunted together, traded rare luxuries, cemented political alliances and celebrated religious festivals.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
