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Recent Examples of catena Did someone say in his hearing that the word derived from the Latin catena (chain)? Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catena
Noun
  • By the end of the year, the grocery store and home goods chain will have opened eight new supercenters and neighborhood markets across the United States, Charles Crowson, a Walmart spokesperson, told USA TODAY this week.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Amazon debuted its Fresh grocery chain in 2020, with an eye toward mass-market shoppers.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Not since John Cazale made The Godfather Part II (1974), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and The Deer Hunter (1978) in sequence has a five-year stretch of acting been quite so bracing.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Then, later in October, several sequences of an unspecified movie will be filmed there.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Drivers try to extend their first stint, and DRS trains do emerge.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And on Saturdays in October, the Heber Valley Railroad becomes the pumpkin train.
    Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Catena.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catena. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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