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 Turns out, though, what actually happened is that Nike offered the women about 20 different combinations of a uniform — with tops and bottoms of various lengths. Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026 In some analyses involving individual elements or combinations of rare earths, the odds ratios exceeded 3 or even 4. Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026 Every single pizza here is its own feast of bold flavor combinations, and there's no surprise that the first place that Martucci planted his flag outside of Italy was Miami's artsy Wynwood District. Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026 Potting soils have not contained soil from the ground for years, and have been mainly combinations of peat moss, perlite and vermiculite. Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026 Ahead, discover 5 fall color combinations to add to your wardrobe mood board in 2026. Amanda Le, InStyle, 19 Sep. 2026 Several different combinations of tight ends were used against the Owls to find something that can work. ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 The scales are infinite, and the lyric combinations are infinite. Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 There have been plenty of in-game rotations, promising combinations, fluidity and creativity, but without the delivery of a final hammer blow. Cerys Jones, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for combinations
Noun
  • Don’t worry about the chunky look to the newer potting soil mixtures, as this provides good soil aeration.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The new analysis used the MagLab’s 21-tesla Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer, which can distinguish an enormous number of compounds within extremely complex mixtures.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • With the advent of AI and amid corporate mergers and production woes, cinema is at a tipping point, but this assembly of panelists is optimistic.
    Isabelle Farina, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Consolidation without mergers Consolidation isn’t limited to mergers and acquisitions.
    Daniel Payne, STAT, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Big agriculture, private security firms, international drug cartels — all are choked out by Reacher’s big ol’ biceps.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Massive stockpiles of methamphetamine smuggled onto the islands by cartels have seeped into the local communities, spurring a widespread addiction crisis and straining the local health system.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties, splitting constituencies and forging unexpected alliances.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Technology leaders are forming alliances over the issue, while lawmakers are deciding how to respond.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Drizzy teased nearly ten new records and mixes in the film, ranging from acoustic ballads to island bops, New Orleans bounce tracks, and another rager with Yeat.
    Armon Sadler, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Karbowski expects to see dates on labels across the whole grocery store, from beverages to baking mixes.
    Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Melvoin also was curious about how much flexibility the district would have to rethink or cancel projects based on state funding decisions or decisions related to school closures or consolidations.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Boulder Valley School District is proposing a sweeping round of school closures and consolidations.
    Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Complex investigations to dismantle drug trafficking syndicates can require advanced equipment, Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokesperson for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, wrote in a statement.
    Aneri Pattani — KFF Health News, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Informal mining is a deep problem in South Africa and is connected to criminal syndicates, according to authorities.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Similarly to De Soto, residents in Emporia, El Dorado, Ottawa, Osawatomie and Edgerton have formed their own coalitions and circulated petitions to ban data centers in their respective communities.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Both parties emerged from the progressive era as messy coalitions of diverse constituencies and interests, not uniform ideologies.
    Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Combinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/combinations. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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