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
So too does gospel, where the communion arrives not on Saturday night at the club but at a service the next morning.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communion
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By bringing us back to the question of land, Tuck and Yang invite discussion on how the abstraction of decolonization has hindered material efforts towards solidarity.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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In response, many Tigers fans voiced support for Dickerson on the social platform X and expressed solidarity with his reaction.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Any book that centers love, friendship, dependence, entwinement, with humor, grace, sadness, pathos, that has such immense warmth and care at the core, is the best kind of book to me.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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The podcast focuses on all things relationships — from her personal stories about dating, friendships and families, to interviews with experts in wellness, career, food, fitness and spirituality.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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Prelude is an eight-month fellowship for emerging storytellers, designed to provide access, connections, and confidence to hone one’s voice and break into film and TV.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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Savor’s animal- and plant-free butter Savor In March 2022, the fellowship connected Alexander and McKay with Breakthrough Energy to obtain the seed funding that officially launched the company.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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Al-Omari is uneasy about signs that Arab unity on disarmament is already fraying.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Euphoria blends ancient Greek and Chinese therapies, as these two great civilizations developed similar well-being philosophies that emphasize inner peace, unity, and holistic balance.—
Janine Di Giovanni,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, the challenging—and shared—terrain fostered a welcome sense of rapprochement, with UK delegates returning to European fold for the first time since Brexit.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
14 Oct. 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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The testy scenes underscore an increasingly bitter rapport between America's two major political parties, as the first government shutdown in seven years approaches the start of a third week.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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Plus, strong rapports with Italian talents — and by extension with the country’s cultural DNA — have been forged along the way.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Communion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communion. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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