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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
The deal passed with 72% approval from the union, according to Amalgamated Transit Union Local 998.
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Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 27 Sep. 2025
When an immigration agent (Diane Sargent) comes to assess the legitimacy of the union, the future of Elvis and his mother’s life out of poverty hangs in the balance.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2025
Despite the fact that Stodden was underage, her parents approved of the union.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
The union did not respond to USA TODAY's request for comment about his announcement of the Turning Point USA partnership.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
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Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 27 Sep. 2025
When an immigration agent (Diane Sargent) comes to assess the legitimacy of the union, the future of Elvis and his mother’s life out of poverty hangs in the balance.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2025
Despite the fact that Stodden was underage, her parents approved of the union.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
The union did not respond to USA TODAY's request for comment about his announcement of the Turning Point USA partnership.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for union
Noun
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The merger will require approval from the Higher Learning Commission -- which could take several months -- but the goal is to have that imprimatur in time for the fall 2026 semester.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
26 Sep. 2025
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The agreement, which allowed HPE to complete the merger with relatively small tweaks, prompted the firing of two DOJ officials and exposed a rift within the MAGA world.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
25 Sep. 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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Americans are divided on that topic, with 55% saying historical figures that supported the confederacy and racial segregation should not be memorialized in a June 2024 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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While it has thus far been signed by nearly 250 arts organizations and hundreds of individuals, major museums are conspicuous by their absence, with signatures predominately coming from arts centers, associations and regional councils.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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The study couldn’t establish cause-and-effect, only associations between these behaviors and sleep.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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None of Taiwan’s three main political parties—Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party, the opposition Kuomintang, and Taiwan People’s Party—support unification with Beijing.—
PHILIP H. GORDON,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
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The Sheraton Hotel, located on Tara Boulevard in Nashua, has been designated as the unification site, police said.—
Sophia Compton , Elizabeth Pritchett , Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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However, the move drew fire from legislators, nonprofit leaders and the Urban Council, a coalition of civil rights organizations in the Kansas City area affiliated with the Urban Summit.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Gang Suppression Force is supposed to be overseen by a group representing the coalition of the willing, troop contributing countries.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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The leaders and companies that accomplish this will remember 2025-2030 not for jobs lost, but for becoming pioneers of the age of human-AI partnerships, reshaping entire industries.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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The building used by ICE is owned by a family partnership whose beneficiaries are not listed publicly.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
28 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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The road to social media was a hazy and confusing merging of these two types of websites.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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Specifically, their alliance begins after a prominent lawyer is brutally killed, shortly after agreeing to reveal secrets from his criminal past in a tell-all book that Falch was going to write.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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Under an imperial decree, her captors become unlikely allies, guiding Jewish refugees through ambushes, shifting alliances and treacherous waters, while Sara confronts leadership, loyalty and love at a high cost.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Union.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/union. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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