as in to connect
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole
a Broadway musical that catenates a series of pop hits by means of a flimsy libretto
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What about you? Brody: Kristen Bell and I are connected in a few ways.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
9 June 2025 -
The protocol for selection has varied, sometimes rotating across multiple brothers of the same generation or jumping across family trees to cousins, but always theoretically connecting back to the same common ancestor: Jimmu.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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Your broader focus should be on integrating systems in a seamless way that can evolve over time, as needed.—
Swapna Sathyan,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Moreover, Nintendo Switch Online is directly integrated into the Switch 2, allowing access to a large catalog of retro games.—
Kimberly Zapata,
Parents,
5 June 2025
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In fact, this is the largest pattern found in nature, with galaxies clumping together to form clusters, stringing themselves along filaments that stretch tens of millions of light-years on a side, and extending along broad walls that separate vast regions of the universe from each other.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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The township officials strung Zhou along for months, then years.—
Barbara Demick,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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To stay on the show, each Islander must couple up with another Islander or risk being dumped from the villa.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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This season, the starting lineup of islanders includes two Black women and three Black men, who could have been coupled up with Escobar, or made to spend time with her, while the world watched from home, screaming warnings at the screen.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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The Star’s politics team broke down several separate but interconnected developments over the past two weeks that destabilized the legislature and could resurface when lawmakers arrive back in Jefferson City.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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The Purple Sage Energy Center will be based in Clark County, Nev., but the site is near the California border and is interconnected with the California Independent System Operator, which manages about 80% of the electric grid in the Golden State.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2025
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“Catenate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catenate. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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