as in to relate
to form a close personal relationship
after a week in the wilderness, the scouts were really starting to commune with nature
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Recent Examples of commune
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Let’s further stipulate that communing with celebrity, ideally very talented celebrity, has been a part of what Broadway has been selling for a century or more.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
For two hours, Claire Jefferies wanted to get away from the war in Iran and the rising gas prices and just commune with nature.
—Allen G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Let’s further stipulate that communing with a celebrity, ideally a very talented celebrity, has been a part of what Broadway has been selling for a century or more.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Let’s further stipulate that communing with celebrity, ideally very talented celebrity, has been a part of what Broadway has been selling for a century or more.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
And earlier this month, armed attacks on a police station in the commune of Marigot in the country’s south left at least six dead, according to police.
—Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
For two hours, Claire Jefferies wanted to get away from the war in Iran and the rising gas prices and just commune with nature.
—Allen G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commune
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Early in her address, Kornbluth talked about how people relate stories to her, of how MIT changed their lives.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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This is also an excellent day for creative work or coming up with new approaches to medicine or something that is health-related.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
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Whether stolen, borrowed, or bought, public trash cans from various cities—New York, Berlin, Rome, and Bolzano—are sparsely distributed across the hall.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Now, events take place in big cities, suburbs and small towns around the world.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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The group hosted its first informal gathering this weekend, a Memorial Day barbecue where residents bonded over card games, birdwatching, water balloons and data center concerns.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2026
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Both youngsters, though, have bonded during their short time together.—
Mike Kaye
May 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2026
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The campaign says entire batches of signatures collected by Bronske were rejected after three towns contacted the Secretary of State’s Office with concerns of forgery.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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Soccer balls will be all over town for the month or so that the World Cup is here.—
PJ Green
May 30,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2026
Verb
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To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
31 May 2026
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And that, apparently, was where everything clicked into place.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
31 May 2026
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That moniker comes from a violent 1967 peasant uprising against oppressive landlords in Naxalbari, a village in the shadow of the Himalayan foothills in northeast India.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Israel’s military issued evacuation warnings for more than a dozen villages in southern Lebanon, a day after Lebanese and Israeli military officials held their first direct talks in decades at the Pentagon.—
Ahmad Mantash,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Incorporated into the city in 1860, this former hamlet was the haunt of Molière and the literati, and later a hotbed of Art Nouveau residences by architect Hector Guimard (the creator of Paris’s iconic Métro entrances).—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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And there are places that are called boroughs and districts and neighborhoods and towns and hamlets.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 May 2026
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“Commune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commune. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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