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
Memphis has the greatest chance for viewing the conjunction as the weekend's rainy weather is expected to move out of the region by Sunday afternoon, leaving mostly sunny and clear skies for the evening.
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Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Mar. 2026
Viewers will not need a telescope to see the conjunction, though clouds or a bright moon could affect visibility.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 6 Mar. 2026
The site of an early settlement at the conjunction of the Brazos and Navasota rivers is best known as the site of the March 2, 1836 signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Saturn Saturn passes through conjunction with the sun on March 12, and stays lost in the glare of sunrise for the rest of the month.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
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Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Mar. 2026
Viewers will not need a telescope to see the conjunction, though clouds or a bright moon could affect visibility.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 6 Mar. 2026
The site of an early settlement at the conjunction of the Brazos and Navasota rivers is best known as the site of the March 2, 1836 signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Saturn Saturn passes through conjunction with the sun on March 12, and stays lost in the glare of sunrise for the rest of the month.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjunction
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Dual personality At the confluence of all this now is Abell, 85 years old with no income but Social Security payments and a small teacher’s pension and in the throes of advanced Alzheimer’s among numerous health issues, his daughter said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2026
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But a confluence of changes in American life are making beans a more attractive choice.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
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The results demonstrate a scalable method for incoherent beam combining.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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Slouching toward a cultural mean Generative AI is accelerating the types of cultural convergence and uniform expression that were already happening.—
Gayle Rogers,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
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Cryptocurrencies have made that convergence easier.—
Lisa Cavazuti,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 2026
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But a combination of better New York shooting, and the home team finally taking advantage of their size, resulted in a truly mind-boggling third quarter stat.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Byrne credited the stock’s outperformance to a combination of positioning and insights from management’s recent conference call, which highlighted stabilization of production in Delaware and capital efficiency opportunities of more than 10 years.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2026
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What was your wedding like, and the merging of families?—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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The software includes editing tools for inserting text, annotating, merging, splitting, compressing, and watermarking PDFs.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
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Democrats saw the meeting as an opportunity to call attention to the fact that Bondi has yet to explicitly commit to showing up on April 14.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Mar. 2026
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Soon a tunnel between the ships, then a meeting, with a friendly, inquisitive alien who looks like a sort of craggy spider/crab, whom Grace dubs Rocky.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Conjunction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjunction. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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