conjoined
adjective
con·joined
kən-ˈjȯind 
kän-
: being, coming, or brought together so as to meet, touch, overlap, or unite
conjoined heads on a coin
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Contemporary artists have also nodded to arches in their conjoined address of past and present.
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Tyler Green, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
The Bone Museum in Brooklyn presents skeletal insights using actual skeletons, including showing how corsets severely compress bones, and an examination of the anatomy of conjoined twins.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
In the distant reaches of the solar system are many icy objects that resemble snowmen — pairs of conjoined spheres.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026
While the odds of naturally conceiving identical triplets are low, so are delivering conjoined siblings.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
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Tyler Green, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
The Bone Museum in Brooklyn presents skeletal insights using actual skeletons, including showing how corsets severely compress bones, and an examination of the anatomy of conjoined twins.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
In the distant reaches of the solar system are many icy objects that resemble snowmen — pairs of conjoined spheres.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026
While the odds of naturally conceiving identical triplets are low, so are delivering conjoined siblings.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for conjoined
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conjoined
adjective
con·joined
kən-ˈjȯind, kän-
: of, relating to, or being conjoined twins
conjoined twinning
conjoined twin neonates
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