as in convergence
the coming together of two or more things to the same point
a happy confluence of beautiful weather and spectacular scenery during our vacation
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Recent Examples of confluence
Smoke was expected to be visible for hours Sunday near Antioch due to a vegetation fire burning on an island near the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers confluence, firefighters said.
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Brandon Downs, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
For the past three hours, the West End coffee shop has hosted a confluence of gaming, community and music.
—Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 25 Mar. 2026
This was a perfect confluence of what voters were feeling at the time, about that issue and about the race.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Frankly, there’s a whole confluence of factors that had to make this a hit — though seeing Sandra Hüller do karaoke again can’t be ignored as one of the biggest.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026
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Brandon Downs, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
For the past three hours, the West End coffee shop has hosted a confluence of gaming, community and music.
—Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 25 Mar. 2026
This was a perfect confluence of what voters were feeling at the time, about that issue and about the race.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Frankly, there’s a whole confluence of factors that had to make this a hit — though seeing Sandra Hüller do karaoke again can’t be ignored as one of the biggest.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confluence
Noun
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More Than Just a Trend The convergence of these factors shows that the rise in entrepreneurship is more than just a trend.—
William Jones,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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As the Reddit post continues to circulate, the moment has become less about any single celebrity and more about the rare convergence of so many public figures in one place.—
Claire Dodds,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Ellison, whose father and main business backer is Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, always stresses a merging of content and technology that still needs to happen at legacy media.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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What was your wedding like, and the merging of families?—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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City staff proposed a combination of oversight from both the public health and police departments to enforce the new ban.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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White told police Ashley had mailed him a key to Marsha's house and given him the combination to the safe, unaware her mother had installed those home security cameras.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The results demonstrate a scalable method for incoherent beam combining.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Confluence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confluence. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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