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
Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
The shop is owned by Georgia Gersh, who was born and raised north of Taos and grew up on one of the area’s former communes.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
That our references and experiences of the world are so different that even a shared language could not allow humans to commune with an animal.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Herculine follows a young trans woman who decides to fight her malaise—and her demonic visions—by joining her ex’s trans girl commune in rural Indiana.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
The shop is owned by Georgia Gersh, who was born and raised north of Taos and grew up on one of the area’s former communes.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
People were going out to commune and be around other people.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
That our references and experiences of the world are so different that even a shared language could not allow humans to commune with an animal.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commune
Verb
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Petrino, the man responsible for the changes, could relate.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Sep. 2025
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Internet users can’t get enough of Mason’s refusal to engage with the other pups at day care, as many fellow introverts could relate.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Suburban communities, including Wauwatosa, Brookfield and New Berlin, have considered a wheel tax to raise revenue for city services.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most favorable conditions for small-city residents.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Seasoning refers to the layer of polymerized fat bonded to the surface of a cast-iron pan.—
Julie Harans,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 Oct. 2025
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And then instantly there was an audience who bonded to it too.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Longer-range drones are also routinely used to strike towns and cities close to the front.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Several businesses were damaged, roads were left with deep cracks, and an old Roman Catholic church in nearby Daanbantayan town was also damaged, Cañete said.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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If this newsletter isn't already getting conveniently delivered to your inbox, click here to subscribe.—
Jacob Camenker,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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All anyone’s hearing in the room is just click.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Police and army inspect damage to a house destroyed by debris from a shot down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland, on September 10, 2025.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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His films tend to have a David-versus-Goliath quality in their characters and their narratives, particularly his 2019 breakout Bacurau, a genre experiment that imagined what would happen if bloodthirsty outsiders attacked a small rural village.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Nazareth was considered an extension of the larger village of Japha, a kind of hamlet within Japha’s city borders.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Yet Massie’s partnership with Paul could pay off anyway, in a district that hugs the Ohio River and includes the Cincinnati suburbs and tiny hamlets like Mount Olivet.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Commune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commune. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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