combinations

plural of combination
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as in cartels
a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage the companies formed a combination in an attempt to establish a monopoly in the rubber market

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Recent Examples of combinations Other combinations compete for attention or overwhelm each other. Kent Merrell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 There’s no way that at least 90 minutes of this allegedly 165-minute movie isn’t these guys all meeting up in different combinations and explaining their deal to one another. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 July 2026 Those combinations are concentrated through the middle, where Messi generally lurks, with Argentina directing a smaller share of their passing towards the flanks than any other team. Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 20 July 2026 Challah, the eggy bread beloved for its fluffy texture and slightly sweet flavor, has introduced her to new food combinations, bakeries, friends and Weidenfeld’s extended family. Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026 The shoes come in a range of fun color combinations and sizes 5–16, including half sizes and wide widths. Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026 Women often build different combinations for different needs. Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026 Some nutrients help your body absorb others more efficiently, while certain cooking methods and ingredient combinations unlock compounds that are otherwise difficult to use. Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 13 July 2026 This reshuffling of genetic material creates new combinations of genes, ensuring that each reproductive cell—and therefore each offspring—is genetically unique. Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for combinations
Noun
  • New methods for testing chemical mixtures Thousands of chemicals are used in commerce and released into the environment.
    Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • More recently, drones have been used to drop incendiary mixtures that ignite apartment buildings and residential blocks.
    David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Jim pointed out the bank's pivot to bulking up underwriting and mergers and acquisitions work, and how CEO Charlie Scharf downplayed net interest income as a key metric.
    Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • Such an approach would ease the way for current and future mergers.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • The designation arguably laid the groundwork for the use of the military to fight cartels that produce the synthetic opioid in Mexico.
    Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • The country had spent the last decade grappling with a war between the state and the myriad narco-terrorist cartels.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • The presence of dozens of international artists and filmmakers who joined us in Jerusalem this year is an acknowledgment that true exchange happens between individuals, regardless of their nationalities, alliances, or sociological identities.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 July 2026
  • While American and other airlines rely on alliances and partnerships to expand reach, United is flying a lot of that itself.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 19 July 2026
Noun
  • Bagged salad mixes and kits, raspberries, fresh basil, green onions and snow peas have all been linked to previous outbreaks, health officials say.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
  • Raspberries, basil, salad mixes — like vegetable trays and coleslaw — cilantro, berry and fruit mixes, lettuce and snap peas have all been linked to outbreaks in the past.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • The Chicago market has seen dozens of closings and consolidations in recent years, including Metropolitan Brewing, one of the city’s oldest craft breweries, which filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2023.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • The district launched a webpage detailing current school boundaries and consolidations.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • Rather than working in large criminal syndicates as many Westerners assume, Yahoo Boys typically work alone, asking victims for money – most often in the form of gift cards.
    Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
  • Until then, global syndicates will happily roll the dice on street-level arrests while the corporate entities handling the cash enable the pipeline.
    Ari Maas, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
Noun
  • Their goal is to create one million jobs and halve recidivism by building coalitions in 30 cities.
    Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • For a long time, such coalitions tended to pull tepid critics of Israel towards public support for the ethnostate.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

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“Combinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/combinations. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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