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
After congregants walked around reflecting and connecting with the Cathedral, Roberson resumed services with familiar rituals —communion, peace offerings and prayers.
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
For two days, climbers and onlookers gathered around a 45-foot wall—an ephemeral monument suspended above water—where the edges between sport, spectacle, and cultural communion blurred.
—Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
There’s such a communion and camaraderie that happens, especially on a movie like this.
—William Earl, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Acutis received his first communion at 7.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
For two days, climbers and onlookers gathered around a 45-foot wall—an ephemeral monument suspended above water—where the edges between sport, spectacle, and cultural communion blurred.
—Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
There’s such a communion and camaraderie that happens, especially on a movie like this.
—William Earl, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Acutis received his first communion at 7.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communion
Noun
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Taking the World Championships to new regions is an important step in growing our sport and sharing its values of collaboration, integration, peace and solidarity more widely across the globe.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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In ruling for the Times, the Court was in solidarity with the civil-rights movement.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These pressures not only shape male friendships, but in familial relationships between fathers, sons, and brothers, and how men perceive vulnerability and emotional literacy.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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Goodell and Mohan’s clear friendship was striking.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Just a couple of months ago, 29-year-old Saswat Das arrived in Kansas City, eager to begin his fellowship at Children’s Mercy Hospital.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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Early in the film, Perfidia’s mother told Bob that her daughter came from a long line of Black revolutionaries, and here is Willa picking up their mantle, joining in fellowship with other people trying to make life more equitable for all those who have been abused and thrown away by the system.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps offering a more novel take, Barker praised the Zurich Film Festival’s industry conference for helping to create greater unity in the independent film sector – something that was not always the case.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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Schumer Dismisses Poor Democratic Numbers Polling from Ipsos earlier this month found that 90 percent of Americans believe there is an urgent need for greater national unity, with political extremism cited as the nation’s top concern.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Shared defiance of Moscow thus spurred the two leaders into a rapprochement at a moment when Russian capacity in the Caucasus is checked by the war in Ukraine.—
Thomas de Waal,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
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The king is at Balmoral, where he is expected to remain until the end of September, which means Harry would need to be invited to Scotland for a rapprochement.—
Alexander Larman,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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His growing rapport with Prescott is another example of how dynamic the offense can be when the group is fully healthy.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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If nothing else, finding him might help maintain rapport.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Communion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communion. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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