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
Gina Webb, AJC.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Even the film’s central idea of a child communing with giant, surreal automatons — such a eerily resonant image, recalling James Whale’s original Frankenstein — is ultimately a nonstarter.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Now, the documentary Christiania, from director Karl Friis Forchhammer and producer Rikke Tambo, explores this commune in the Christianshavn neighborhood of the Danish capital that is shaped by anarchist hippie culture and governed by consensus democracy.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Want to commune with fellow readers in metro Atlanta this month?
—Gina Webb, AJC.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Even the film’s central idea of a child communing with giant, surreal automatons — such a eerily resonant image, recalling James Whale’s original Frankenstein — is ultimately a nonstarter.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
The group of artists, which was led by then-couple Michael Townsend and Adriana Valdez-Young, came up with the plan after real estate developers tore down their artists' commune about a mile away from what would become the mall.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Now, the documentary Christiania, from director Karl Friis Forchhammer and producer Rikke Tambo, explores this commune in the Christianshavn neighborhood of the Danish capital that is shaped by anarchist hippie culture and governed by consensus democracy.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
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Officials from the Baja California Attorney General’s Office said that the vast majority of homicides in the state are related in some way to illicit activities, such as drug dealing.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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When Santa Clara voters approved Levi’s Stadium in 2010, the ballot initiative included taxpayer protections that prevented the city from dipping into its general fund for stadium or event-related expenses.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Reflecting those sentiments, last Sunday, Pheu Thai failed to win any seats in the northern city of Chiang Mai, Thaksin’s birthplace and the Shinawatra heartland.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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This is a city of creative potential where soulful heritage blends with thriving modernity.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Feb. 2026
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Using a proprietary adhesive called Pixel and heat, textiles are bonded together.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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The men were Midwest Baptist ministers bonded in a crusade for civil rights.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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In Monkayo, a gold-mining town in Davao de Oro province near Davao Oriental, the remains of three people were recovered after their house was buried late Thursday by a landslide, Dayanghirang and other officials said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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Wine bar Counter Reformation is one of town’s top spots for a pour and sophisticated small plates.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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Hilary Duff is having one of those moments when everything clicks.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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For information about how to connect with all emergency shelters in Contra Costa, call 211 or click on the list of shelters provided by Contra Costa Health.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2026
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This village on stilts dances to the sea's rhythm, where sampans sail serene waters, and locals craft shrimp paste under the sun, just like their Tanka ancestors.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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The Grand Jury Prize went to Emin Alper’s Salvation, a drama that charts the escalation of violence in an isolated village community in the Turkish mountains following the return of an exiled clan.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Feb. 2026
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On Tuesday, Van Rootselaar killed her 39-year-old mother and 11-year-old stepbrother at their home in the tiny hamlet of Tumbler Ridge, about 700 miles north of Vancouver.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Happens in Wazirabad on Wednesday centers on the denizens of Wazirabad, a small hamlet in the environs of Kabul, during the civil war of the ’90s following the Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Commune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commune. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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