as in solidarity
a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding
gradually established a feeling of communion with her fellow physicians
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Recent Examples of communion
As the lotus-eaters writhe and spin, I am routinely spritzed with centrifugal drops of their ample perspiration, a kind of patchouli-scented mist that doesn’t exactly conduce to ecstatic soul communion.
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Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Cage noted the principle could easily be applied to any city as a means for finding means of cooperation, communion, commonality, construction and confluence.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Still, Southern Baptists and others tend to micro-manage who is allowed take communion.
—Gwen Faulkenberry, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Families, side by side, in communion with God and each other.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Cage noted the principle could easily be applied to any city as a means for finding means of cooperation, communion, commonality, construction and confluence.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Still, Southern Baptists and others tend to micro-manage who is allowed take communion.
—Gwen Faulkenberry, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Families, side by side, in communion with God and each other.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communion
Noun
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Regardless, Shiflett expects students to follow his lead on Friday morning and leave their classes in solidarity.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2025
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His attempt to enact that clause generated a movement known as Strike Germany, through which artists have declined to work with German institutions that will not issue statements in solidarity with Palestine or alter their positions on Israel’s war in Gaza.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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And just to have that kind of friendship that many years?—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Events like the war in Vietnam, the brutal crackdown in the South of protests during the civil rights movement and the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, which Canada strongly opposed, tested that friendship at times.—
Matina Stevis-Gridneff,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Lake Wells project led to back-to-back fellowships for George, including the CoGenerators fellowship in San Francisco.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2025
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Much to Ahn’s surprise, all three had followed in their father's footsteps and were in orthopedics, finishing up their fellowships at different hospitals.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
30 Jan. 2025
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Now, more than ever, unity and solidarity are imperative.—
Dr. Michael Thomas,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The political stakes of party unity get a lot higher.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Fence-mending with China has limits Beijing’s rapprochement with the U.K. and Japan is in its early stages, and major differences remain that limit and could derail it.—
Ken Moritsugu,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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Before the Arab Spring in 2011, Turkey and Syria were enjoying a rapprochement after a near century of, at best, strained relations.—
Alia Malek,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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That’s an encouraging reality if Schoen and the Giants can buttress Nabers with building blocks and the ultimate complement: a franchise quarterback who can form a quick rapport with the young wideout.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
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My Wildest Thriller Yet (Exclusive) The FBI and the British Metropolitan Police both use the same sequence for negotiating with hostage-takers and kidnappers: listen, demonstrate empathy, build rapport and then seek cooperation.—
Gillian McAllister,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Communion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communion. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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