noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
loose federation/alliance/group etc
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a loose federation of political groups
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
international
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In 1966 the first international taekwondo federation was formed.
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The order temporarily overrules a four-year ban from competition imposed upon Johnson by the international track federation for failing a drug test.
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The International Olympic Committee probably would foot the repair bill, and the international track federation would pay travel costs.
local
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A small cluster of national agencies exists solely to service the local federations and their programs.
loose
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A new constitution was adopted transforming a loose federation of affiliated organisations into a centralised national political party.
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They were something else, a loose federation of animals and plants united into an emergent superorganism exhibiting distinctive behavior.
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The Labour Party was ceasing to be a loose federation of political and industrial groups.
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This was a proposal for a loose federation of locally based groups.
new
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But now the medium-term future of the new federation was becoming more clear, the precedents and balance of powers were clarified.
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Denounce Big Labor and start a new labor federation like Lewis did.
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Further talks on June 17-20 in Bratislava left unresolved the differences over the fundamental principles of a new federation .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He is now chairman of the British Olympic Federation .
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Her case was supported by the Chicago Teachers Federation .
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the National Federation of Master Builders
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the U.S. Gymnastics Federation in Indianapolis
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Chamber of Commerce and Telcom Ventures, is rapidly assembling a federation of state and local chambers of commerce across the country.
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Fewer than twenty-five states are federations, but this group includes nearly one-half of the land area of the world.
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Ironically, it was one of the first broadcasts which extended to the entire federation since its collapse last year.
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Nations and ethnic groups, similarly, would have equal rights, at least within the Soviet federation .
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That question is not addressed to an association or a federation .
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The balance of these federations is kinetic.
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The Treaty defined the demarcation of powers between the federation and the constituent republics as a component element of the new Constitution.
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The two federations have worked together fairly closely.