A group of parties, countries or organizations that agree to work together.
Coalitions are how groups that don't agree on everything get things done together. In countries with many parties, governments are often coalitions; in the U.S., each party is itself a coalition of different groups.
"A coalition of farmers and environmental groups backed the water bill."
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