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
As sociologist Douglas Ezzy once said, good interviews are about communion, not conquest.
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Ankolika De,
The Conversation,
19 May 2026
The fantasy of safari is a quiet communion with nature, not crowds.
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Nicole Trilivas,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
People love people, and language is the best vehicle ever created for human communion.
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Jamil Zaki,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
Confused and unsure what to do, a BSO deputy told him his only option was to try to rebook with another airline and hope to make it in time for his daughter’s communion.
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Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
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Ankolika De,
The Conversation,
19 May 2026
The fantasy of safari is a quiet communion with nature, not crowds.
—
Nicole Trilivas,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
People love people, and language is the best vehicle ever created for human communion.
—
Jamil Zaki,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
Confused and unsure what to do, a BSO deputy told him his only option was to try to rebook with another airline and hope to make it in time for his daughter’s communion.
—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communion
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In a show of solidarity, several high-ranking Ukrainian officials also returned their Polish state decorations.
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For the Arribas family, the hours following the earthquakes were filled with anxiety and solidarity.
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His first wife is remembered for introducing him to novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, with whom Greenspan shared a friendship, a belief in free-market economic ideals and a philosophy of objectivism.
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Through icy landscapes, courage and friendship are tested – and the children discover that the true magic of Christmas comes from togetherness.
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Sydney is editor-in-chief of The Hilltop, Howard University’s newspaper, and recently completed a fellowship at the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT.
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Fortune shouted out the fellowship’s head and director of Artist Development at Film Independent Angela Lee for her guidance, who told him the responsibility a filmmaker has when aiming to tell a universal story.
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This unity of purpose is amplified by a newly uniform soundscape.
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The blender, like the writer, is searching for complementarity, for the moment when diversity becomes unity, when differences become harmony.
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The law also directly ties any rapprochement between the US and Cuba to those assets.
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In embracing a rapprochement with the United States under President Obama, Raúl Castro, long seen as an ideologue by Cubanologists, played the hand of a pragmatist.
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That establishment has since closed, but the Winos carry on, with the low-key workplace rapport that comes from daily contact and shared labor.
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This rapport building was important.
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“Communion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communion. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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