"coalitions" in the noun sense
1. alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
2. coalition, fusion
the state of being combined into one body
3. coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination
the union of diverse things into one body or form or group the growing together of parts
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