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as in to string
to put together into a series by means of or as if by means of a thread the movie actually concatenates into one extended narrative several episodes from various books in the series

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Recent Examples of concatenate Presidential Administrations, so often wildly divergent one from the other in tone and in political direction, are concatenated by this littlest nod toward God. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 During the check, the implementation executes a command to concatenate it with the email domain, without any checks for malicious characters that may be contained in it. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 1 July 2024 Most importantly, smell matters because all our senses concatenate and build on each other. Wired, 2 Aug. 2022 The vehicle utilizes its unique roll mechanism design together with the switching control strategy to concatenate a series of steady wings-level and turning flights and accomplish behaviors comparable to air gliders. IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concatenate
Verb
  • Walker connected with Jordan Pedro for a 12-yard touchdown pass with 24 seconds left for good measure, sealing the deal for the Cougars.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Premium Quarterly Print Magazines Live Events & Networking Become part of a real-life community where curious minds connect.
    Big Think, Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • Take a stroll downtown to spot miniature pumpkins dangling from the oaks along Main Street, or meander down smaller streets to find oversized skeletons by the sidewalks and witches’ hats strung overhead.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In 2019, the predecessor to ChatGPT was barely able to string a coherent sentence together; just three years later, fed with more data and computing power, ChatGPT became a world sensation.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • Every detail in this cottage-style kitchen is enchanting, including the minor yet impactful choice to integrate the countertop with the apron-front sink.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The ring is designed to integrate directly with the Reebok Fitness App, which offers more than 1,000 hours of fitness and wellness content.
    Emily Burns, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • Current Increment 1 systems from Leonardo DRS and General Dynamics Land Systems already combine Stinger missiles and 30mm cannons on Stryker vehicles.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Today, the Salon des Nouveaux Ensembliers aims to be a contemporary equivalent, bringing together designers and more than 150 artisans to combine tradition and sustainable innovation.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Researchers aren’t the only ones seeing men’s eagerness to couple up.
    Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Plaintiffs argue that federal officials have coupled this surveillance with a campaign of public threats — warning that noncitizens who post anti-American or anti-Israel content online risk deportation or visa revocation.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Concatenate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concatenate. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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