coalition
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Is coalition a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (rare) The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.Examples: "Sometimes the ante is upped, the gaggle of bowlers all working on their batsman in turn, like a coalition of cheetahs singling out a vulnerable gazelle, sending their distinctive balls down until the pressure forces a mistake or the batsman gets his own back by smashing a bad ball over everyone’s heads."; "Majed Sultan Ali was on his second visit to the game reserve in a bid to photograph a coalition of cheetahs."; "This is the incredible moment a juvenile ostrich attempts to outrun a coalition of cheetahs that forms a central part of the latest BBC programme to be presented by Sir David Attenborough."countablerareuncountable
name (English)
1. (Australia, politics) Ellipsis of Coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party, the Liberal-National coalition.Australiaabbreviationalt-ofellipsis
2. (US, politics) Ellipsis of Coalition of the Willing (“the coalition of nations operating under United States command against Iraq, in the U.S.-Iraq War (Gulf War II; "Iraq War") and its aftermath”).USabbreviationalt-ofellipsis
name (English)
1. (Australia, politics, slang, mildly derogatory) The Coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party, emphasising its pro-coal policies.Examples: "2017 Giles Parkinson, Big utilities about to pay price of saying no to coal and COALition Renew Economy, 11 September 2017. Accessed 3 June 2019."; "2019 David Llewellyn-Smith, Can Albo out-coal the COALition? MacroBusiness, 28 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019."Australiaderogatorymildlyslang
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