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as in merger
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one
the union of East Germany and West Germany that became possible after the fall of communism
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as in confederacy
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
in 1949 the U.S. and Canada joined their European allies in a transatlantic union to defend Western Europe from aggression by the Soviet Union
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as in association
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
the movie studio is producing the blockbuster in union with another studio because of the tremendous cost involved
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Recent Examples of union
Madden said the group, locally, includes nurse anesthetists and midwives, of whom there are 165 in the Sacramento area, the union has previously said.
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Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
The union lasted just eight months, with the pair divorcing in 1951.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
The airline is in talks with its pilots’ union and is seeking about $100 million in cuts from that group.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Fred had begun to appear at the union during their junior year, and Denise had started going around that time as well.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
The union lasted just eight months, with the pair divorcing in 1951.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
The airline is in talks with its pilots’ union and is seeking about $100 million in cuts from that group.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Fred had begun to appear at the union during their junior year, and Denise had started going around that time as well.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for union
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However, Tracker data showed that cross-border merger and acquisition deals remain largely unchanged, and in fact, trade uncertainty has deterred some smaller cross-border investments and purchases.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Oct. 2025
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Tving, founded in 2020, has rapidly emerged as a leader in Korea’s streaming landscape and is currently working on a merger with Wavve, another major Korean streaming service.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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The clouds are as much a character in Murphy’s work as the cowboys, though the former are unchanged since the Oceti Sakowin first formed their confederacy.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the sixteenth century, the nomadic, reindeer-herding Sámi people of what’s now northern Sweden and Finland and the Shawnee of the Ohio Valley in North America, who lived in farming villages organized as a confederacy, didn’t necessarily have much in common.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Aug. 2025
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As a precaution, health and trade associations are urging consumers and bars to destroy or properly dispose of empty bottles to prevent counterfeiters from reusing them in the production of fake liquor.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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The players’ association and the WNBA agreed to an eight-year deal in 2020, but last year the WNBPA voted to opt out of the agreement early.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Tommaso di Lampedusa’s novel, which looks at the unification of Italy from the perspective of a 20th-century writer, had a modernity that interested me.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to pursue unification—by force if necessary.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The protests, organized by a coalition of left-leaning groups, were scheduled amid a federal government shutdown.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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More than 2,600 rallies are planned Saturday in cities large and small, organized by hundreds of coalition partners.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Another factor is whether your partnership's no-trump range is a strict 15-17 or includes good 14-counts.—
Deb Harvell,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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This collaboration exemplifies the company’s composable weapons strategy, which aims to create more flexible and adaptable missile systems through strategic partnerships, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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Venus enters Libra on the 13th and the New Moon follows on the 21st, lighting up your sector of intimacy, merging, and emotional contracts.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
30 Sep. 2025
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Any disruptions in the merging of the SDF into the Syrian state raises the risk of an ISIS resurgence.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Investors sent Broadcom shares up as as much as 11% on Monday, betting that the OpenAI alliance will generate hundreds of billions of dollars in new revenue for the chipmaker.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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As a retired admiral and former supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I was thrilled when Sweden and Finland joined the alliance.—
James Stavridis,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Union.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/union. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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