as in merging
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one
abhors the combining of business and pleasure at sales conferences
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as in connecting
to come together to form a single unit
the room's highly varied design elements combine to form a harmonious whole
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as in mixing
to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout
combine the sugar and flour in a bowl
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Recent Examples of combining
Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2025
Fire Breathing in the Wild, a show combining live music, slam poetry and breathing to explore themes about living in California, will be presented Saturday at the West Sacramento Black Box Theater.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
That is also the day a prayer walk, a spiritual procession combining prayer and meditation with walking, is held.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
Sharper, faster, and deeper brain imaging By combining MD-FSS with multiphoton microscopy, the team created a new setup known as Adaptive Optics Three-photon Microscopy.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
Its interface emphasizes discoverability and visual storytelling, combining algorithmic guidance with editorial framing.
—Partner Content, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
The structure puts extra defensive weight on Potts, but his midfield partners did not shirk their share of such duties, with the trio combining to give West Ham broad, reliable coverage across the pitch.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
The leaders who win next year will be the ones who increase business value by combining human capability with technology.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
Directed and co-written by Stephen Sommers, Mummy brought an Indiana Jones flair to the classic Universal Monsters line, combining action-adventure and romance with horror in a period setting.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
An ugly opening half, which featured the teams combining for 6-of-24 shooting in the game’s first 10 minutes, saw the visiting Wildcats catch fire from beyond the arc.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2025
Fire Breathing in the Wild, a show combining live music, slam poetry and breathing to explore themes about living in California, will be presented Saturday at the West Sacramento Black Box Theater.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
That is also the day a prayer walk, a spiritual procession combining prayer and meditation with walking, is held.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
Sharper, faster, and deeper brain imaging By combining MD-FSS with multiphoton microscopy, the team created a new setup known as Adaptive Optics Three-photon Microscopy.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
Its interface emphasizes discoverability and visual storytelling, combining algorithmic guidance with editorial framing.
—Partner Content, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
The structure puts extra defensive weight on Potts, but his midfield partners did not shirk their share of such duties, with the trio combining to give West Ham broad, reliable coverage across the pitch.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
The leaders who win next year will be the ones who increase business value by combining human capability with technology.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
Directed and co-written by Stephen Sommers, Mummy brought an Indiana Jones flair to the classic Universal Monsters line, combining action-adventure and romance with horror in a period setting.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for combining
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SwifDoo also supports merging or splitting files, batch processing multiple documents, and converting PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and image formats.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, as the district considers closing and merging schools, Cassellius said the money could support new or improved recreational facilities at schools receiving displaced students.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Friedrichsen, a Wake Forest transfer, was among the trio of Wildcats in double figures, connecting on three triples and dealing a team-high three assists in the win.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Nov. 2025
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Foraging for black walnuts is a long-standing tradition in the Ozarks, providing extra cash for harvesters and connecting people with the outdoors.—
Randy Moll,
Arkansas Online,
11 Nov. 2025
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Garner takes the diary form, mixing the intimate, the intellectual, and the everyday, to new heights.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Cursed Daughters is more of an intergenerational saga, mixing comedy and tragedy in the way all families do.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
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The group was formed by the merger of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and Inland Press Association in 2019.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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For much of the past decade, sportsbooks and legacy sports media companies have chased a dream of the perfect merger—one that leans on the latter’s platform and name to build a dominant gambling brand.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The 38-foot-long aircraft, with a modular design, can fly more than 2,300 miles, deliver fighter-like performance, and enhance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and tactical early warning missions by fusing sensor and payload data from multiple platforms.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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Some of the squares were emblazoned with the Run Travis Run logo, fusing his footwear ambassadorship with his athletic/wellness endeavor.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Our research has described the needs of callers who reach out to 211, community capacity to respond to callers’ needs, the ability of 211 to detect rapid changes in community needs, and the benefits of integrating health referrals into 211s.—
Matthew W. Kreuter,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Future work will focus on integrating snow-deposition modeling with PV yield simulations to more accurately predict energy losses and on expanding analyses to more complex, uneven alpine terrain.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Beijing has pledged that unification is inevitable—by force if necessary—and has significantly ramped up military activities in the Taiwan Strait in recent years.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Tommaso di Lampedusa’s novel, which looks at the unification of Italy from the perspective of a 20th-century writer, had a modernity that interested me.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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In the wake of the election results—an outcome that once again underscored the deep divisions running through the United States—Ladd left a thoughtful message aimed at uniting a nation at odds with itself.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Quantum gravity, the latest framework uniting relativity and quantum mechanics, proposes that even space and time are not fundamental.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Combining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/combining. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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