as in confluence
the coming together of two or more things to the same point
the conjunction of the two major highways creates a massive influx of cars into the city
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Recent Examples of conjunction
Since 2020, the USAGM CEO has worked in conjunction with a bipartisan group called the International Broadcasting Advisory Board.
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Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 27 Dec. 2024
The Street Style Pro, held on December 21, itself had a qualifier on December 20—the Next X Street Style competition—that ran in conjunction with U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s Revolution Tour.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The powerful agency plans to work in conjunction with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Department of Government Efficiency to cut wasteful federal spending.
—Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Dec. 2024
The agreement comes in conjunction with significant development plans for the park itself.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 27 Dec. 2024
The Street Style Pro, held on December 21, itself had a qualifier on December 20—the Next X Street Style competition—that ran in conjunction with U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s Revolution Tour.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The powerful agency plans to work in conjunction with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Department of Government Efficiency to cut wasteful federal spending.
—Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Dec. 2024
The agreement comes in conjunction with significant development plans for the park itself.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjunction
Noun
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While Italy has no shortage of any one of these, its confluence on social media can only mean one thing: Pitti Uomo.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Photo by Jack Siman/Shutterstock Head to one of South Carolina’s most beautiful beaches Downtown Charleston sits at the confluence of two rivers—the Ashley and the Cooper—which then pour into the Atlantic Ocean.—
Ellen Schmedinghoff,
AFAR Media,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This spontaneous convergence recalls the internet’s original dream of a global village.—
Jianqing Chen,
The Conversation,
19 Jan. 2025
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This convergence of opportunity and uncertainty sets the stage for a critical inflection point.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The French phenom is dazzling with his incredible combination of height, length, speed, agility, ball-handling skills, and shooting ability and range.—
Ricardo Klein,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Their combination of powerful visuals, polished performances and catchy music quickly earned them nominations for MAMA’s Best Rookie Girl Group and the Melon Music Awards’ Best New Female Artist.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2025
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While several of those teams were granted in-person meetings, only three organizations made the short list.—
Chantz Martin,
Fox News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Amid Frederiksen’s emergency meeting with business leaders, her foreign minister’s emergency meeting with party leaders, and an additional emergency meeting of the foreign-affairs committee in Parliament, everything, all of a sudden, was in complete flux.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Conjunction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjunction. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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