as in solidarity
a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding
gradually established a feeling of communion with her fellow physicians
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Recent Examples of communion
During the procession for communion, fellow parishioners embraced and offered comforting words to the family.
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Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
Hunnam’s communion with Gein is far greater than the sum of its parts — an actor-subject duet that generates tension, fear and melancholy too.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
My 8-year-old big sister, Lisa, clothed in her first communion dress and veil, her treasured rosary draped in her hands, lay motionless and cold amid the white silken lining, her head upon a white satin pillow.
—Patti Newton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
So too does gospel, where the communion arrives not on Saturday night at the club but at a service the next morning.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
Hunnam’s communion with Gein is far greater than the sum of its parts — an actor-subject duet that generates tension, fear and melancholy too.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
My 8-year-old big sister, Lisa, clothed in her first communion dress and veil, her treasured rosary draped in her hands, lay motionless and cold amid the white silken lining, her head upon a white satin pillow.
—Patti Newton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
So too does gospel, where the communion arrives not on Saturday night at the club but at a service the next morning.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communion
Noun
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Notable in the statement too, an expression of solidarity with victims of abuse.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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In such cases, solidarity and compassion themselves might seem like luxuries next to the all-conquering, primally selfish urge to save your own skin.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Their unlikely friendship ended in February 1987, when Warhol died suddenly after a complicated gall bladder operation.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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About four decades ago, the late Debby Ruskin began tending gardens across Silicon Valley, not as a career move, but as an act of friendship.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Over the course of the fellowship, participants met virtually twice a week with program leaders, receiving guidance on all facets of directing — from networking and prep to representation.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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This story was supported by the Solutions Journalism Network as part of the Advancing Democracy Innovation Fund fellowship.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That’s having a connection, that’s playing as a team and that’s staying in unity regardless of what happened.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
2 Nov. 2025
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In his opening remarks to the forum, Xi called for unity and cooperation between the grouping of 21 economies on both sides of the Pacific.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Netanyahu was eager for a rapprochement.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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But despite Ma’s Beijing-friendly positions and this historic rapprochement, China significantly expanded its arsenal of ballistic missiles and its fleet of fighter jets stationed within range of Taiwan during his tenure.—
MARVIN PARK,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Oct. 2025
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Not since Alec Guinness has a Shakespearean actor cultivated so intimate a rapport with the camera.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Being forthright cuts through confusion as Mars and Neptune harmonize, improving rapport with a partner.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Communion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communion. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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