as in collective
used or done by a number of people as a group
a joint effort by residents of the neighborhood to help reduce crime
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as in junction
a place where two or more things are united
the leak was found at a joint in the pipe
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as in penitentiary
slang
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
violate your probation and you'll be back in the joint in short order, loser
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Recent Examples of joint
Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
During the 2022-23 academic year, she was selected to participate in a joint Meta-NCAA NIL education program for female athletes, which eventually spawned paid social media advertisements for Champs Sports and Jersey Mike’s and a high-profile collaboration with ESPN’s College GameDay.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
People with sore joints should prioritize beds with good pressure relief.
—Ashley Zlatopolsky, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
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The Solar Orbiter, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA that launched in February 2020, orbits the sun from an average distance of 26 million miles (42 million kilometers).
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
During the 2022-23 academic year, she was selected to participate in a joint Meta-NCAA NIL education program for female athletes, which eventually spawned paid social media advertisements for Champs Sports and Jersey Mike’s and a high-profile collaboration with ESPN’s College GameDay.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
McConaughey showed up in a Texas-sized belt buckle holding two pairs of cowboy boots from Allens—an iconic Austin western wear joint that’s been around since 1977.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
People with sore joints should prioritize beds with good pressure relief.
—Ashley Zlatopolsky, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
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The busy news cycle will quickly move on from Insurance-Fraud Bear, and soon this whole ordeal will fade from our collective memory, much like the many silly bear stories of yesteryear.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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That’s the role Santa, who loves children but (according to some versions of the legend) is childless himself, plays in the pop-culture collective psyche, which makes Asner’s Santa really click.Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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Doctors found a 3-cm. mass at the junction of his stomach and his esophagus.Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Times of Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly criticized the Biden administration’s judgment and policies at major junctions in Israel’s ongoing war against Iran and its proxies.Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2024
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Starbucks’ woes ultimately culminated in losing its charm as a warm and comfortable place to sip coffee.BYSasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
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Under the ceasefire deal, Hezbollah is required to move its forces north of the Litani, which in some places is about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the border.JOSEF FEDERMAN, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
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From a federal penitentiary in Virginia, Jose Landa-Rodriguez reconnected with an old friend in California.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
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But there’s a war out there in Tulsa, whose lucrative drug trade is not being overseen by the usual cartel, but by a native tribe chief (Graham Greene) who runs the Indian Brotherhood from a state penitentiary.Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
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As the technological landscape continues to evolve, the most groundbreaking advances may well emerge from the intersection of these complementary yet different approaches to technological progress.Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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Several people were taken to area hospitals Tuesday night after an SUV collided with a Chicago Fire Department ambulance at an intersection in the McKinley Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2024
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Vuitton will also support the public establishment’s activities and exhibitions, and help enrich its collections.Joelle Diderich, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
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In the case of Wolverine Packing Co.’s ground beef recall, the products were distributed only to restaurants, meaning diners rely on those establishments to track alerts, inspect inventory, and remove potentially unsafe items.Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Doing so can result in a $500 fine and up to 30 days in jail.Nate Chute, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Smollett spent less than a week in jail after an Illinois appeals court granted an emergency motion by his attorneys to delay his sentence and grant him bail until their appeal is resolved, CNN previously reported.Megan Thomas, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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Another key player is the private sector: the power, water, and communications companies, private health care facilities, and other businesses that own and operate local infrastructure that might need to be repaired and reopened following a disaster.Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
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Earlier this year, the company abruptly ceased operations at its Jacksonville, Florida, facility and began working to set up the assembly plant in Ontario to assemble commercial electric delivery vans and trucks.Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
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“Joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joint. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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