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 In total, there are more than 10,000 drink combinations, according to the company’s website. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Combos are overwhelmingly made up of combinations of multiple sports contracts. — Ananya Chetia,davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 People can experience grief, sadness, relief, conflict or combinations of these emotions after any pregnancy outcome. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026 As election sizes grow, the number of such combinations explodes. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026 Sources familiar with the operations said the attempts and plans have involved different combinations of aircraft, maritime routes, Colombia, Panama and charter flights. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 Criminals take usernames and passwords obtained from previous breaches and try the same combinations on other services. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Autonomous systems evaluate thousands of combinations in parallel, test assumptions continuously, adapt when a route fails and never stop. — Taylor Morgan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The devices successfully differentiated all 16 possible combinations. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for combinations
Noun
  • The team experimented with various mixtures of sand and glue, the latter made from gelatin and yeast.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • In the first six months alone, Goldman has advised on more than $1 trillion in mergers and garnered over $12 billion in equities revenue.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • At a time of media mega-mergers, how does Mediawan think about its business?
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Massive stockpiles of methamphetamine smuggled onto the islands by cartels have spurred a widespread addiction crisis, seen as a key driver of an HIV epidemic that Fiji recently declared a national emergency.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The work largely involves searching for clandestine body dumping grounds in rural, isolated parts of the state where drug cartels are active.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Over the six episodes, alliances shift, egos clash, and pressure builds as the group shrinks.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • After Washington rebuffed calls to strike Houthi rebels, Saudi Arabia is pursuing new maritime and defense alliances.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • What’s more, the mixes can be used straight from the envelope as a dry rub for meat, as a base for dips, or even as a popcorn seasoning.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Fans know particular mixes and particular records from clubs, journeys, relationships and periods of their lives.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 29 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
  • Ramaphosa announced that soldiers would be deployed to support police in tackling gang violence, as the government steps up its fight against criminal syndicates.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
  • 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
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 8 Oct. 2026.

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