as in solidarity
a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding
gradually established a feeling of communion with her fellow physicians
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Recent Examples of communion
For a more intimate communion with the designer, visitors can book the Coco Chanel Suite at the Ritz Paris, where tall, elegant windows overlook the Place Vendôme.
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Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
After congregants walked around reflecting and connecting with the Cathedral, Roberson resumed services with familiar rituals —communion, peace offerings and prayers.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
For two days, climbers and onlookers gathered around a 45-foot wall—an ephemeral monument suspended above water—where the edges between sport, spectacle, and cultural communion blurred.
—Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
Acutis received his first communion at 7.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
After congregants walked around reflecting and connecting with the Cathedral, Roberson resumed services with familiar rituals —communion, peace offerings and prayers.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
For two days, climbers and onlookers gathered around a 45-foot wall—an ephemeral monument suspended above water—where the edges between sport, spectacle, and cultural communion blurred.
—Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
Acutis received his first communion at 7.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communion
Noun
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Taking the World Championships to new regions is an important step in growing our sport and sharing its values of collaboration, integration, peace and solidarity more widely across the globe.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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In ruling for the Times, the Court was in solidarity with the civil-rights movement.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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In public, Mark Kerr speaks amiably about his trainer turned rival and even takes him along for a rowdy impromptu meet-and-greet, but the lack of friction comes off less as a sign of his unflappability than of Safdie’s indifference to probing a friendship beyond buddy-comedy depth.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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Along the way, the women learn that while romance may come and go, female friendship is the love story that lasts a lifetime.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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What started as a walking tour of the historic Chickasaw neighborhood in 2012, during his years as president of the local neighborhood association, has since expanded to cover the other nine neighborhoods, after Taylor was awarded a fellowship through the Filson Historical Society in 2023.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Its new Charlotte restaurant will provide more space for food and fellowship, plus an outdoor patio for exclusive events, Mkweli said.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps offering a more novel take, Barker praised the Zurich Film Festival’s industry conference for helping to create greater unity in the independent film sector – something that was not always the case.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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Schumer Dismisses Poor Democratic Numbers Polling from Ipsos earlier this month found that 90 percent of Americans believe there is an urgent need for greater national unity, with political extremism cited as the nation’s top concern.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Ten years ago, President Obama brokered an extraordinary, historic rapprochement with Cuba, when Raúl Castro, the brother of Fidel, was the President.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Shared defiance of Moscow thus spurred the two leaders into a rapprochement at a moment when Russian capacity in the Caucasus is checked by the war in Ukraine.—
Thomas de Waal,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
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His growing rapport with Prescott is another example of how dynamic the offense can be when the group is fully healthy.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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If nothing else, finding him might help maintain rapport.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Communion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communion. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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