as in convergence
the coming together of two or more things to the same point
a happy confluence of beautiful weather and spectacular scenery during our vacation
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Recent Examples of confluence
Writing for the paper is no longer what my generation considered it — the confluence of the practical (having a job, finding an audience) and the virtuous (performing a public service).
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J.t. Barbarese, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
Her feature illuminates the confluence of reasons why Phan stepped away from her businesses to become the artist in residence at a nonprofit called Food Forward.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
This confluence of interests is useful but hardly sufficient to achieve the outcomes Trump desires.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Born in 1858 to a frontier family in Yuba City, at the confluence of the Yuba and Feather rivers, Montgomery took a keen interest in birds at a young age, benefiting from his proximity to the Pacific Flyway.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
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J.t. Barbarese, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
Her feature illuminates the confluence of reasons why Phan stepped away from her businesses to become the artist in residence at a nonprofit called Food Forward.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
This confluence of interests is useful but hardly sufficient to achieve the outcomes Trump desires.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Born in 1858 to a frontier family in Yuba City, at the confluence of the Yuba and Feather rivers, Montgomery took a keen interest in birds at a young age, benefiting from his proximity to the Pacific Flyway.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Confluence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confluence. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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