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
The success of Scream 7 is a confluence of both nostalgic fans and a new generation embracing the franchise.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2026
Sutter, who arrived in California in the 1830s, built Sutter’s Fort in 1839 and founded the settlement of New Helvetia near the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 1 Mar. 2026
In Louisa County, Highway 99 leaves the city of Wapello and heads southeast toward the confluence of the Iowa and Mississippi rivers.
—Michael Plummer, Des Moines Register, 1 Mar. 2026
How might investors adjust their positions if concerned about the confluence of measures of relative expensiveness for US equities?
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2026
Sutter, who arrived in California in the 1830s, built Sutter’s Fort in 1839 and founded the settlement of New Helvetia near the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 1 Mar. 2026
In Louisa County, Highway 99 leaves the city of Wapello and heads southeast toward the confluence of the Iowa and Mississippi rivers.
—Michael Plummer, Des Moines Register, 1 Mar. 2026
How might investors adjust their positions if concerned about the confluence of measures of relative expensiveness for US equities?
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confluence
Noun
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Slouching toward a cultural mean Generative AI is accelerating the types of cultural convergence and uniform expression that were already happening.—
Gayle Rogers,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
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Cryptocurrencies have made that convergence easier.—
Lisa Cavazuti,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 2026
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The software includes editing tools for inserting text, annotating, merging, splitting, compressing, and watermarking PDFs.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
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So in a way the frames from Euphoria will collide with the people walking in the show, so there will be this merging of the two perspectives.—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2026
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But a combination of better New York shooting, and the home team finally taking advantage of their size, resulted in a truly mind-boggling third quarter stat.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Byrne credited the stock’s outperformance to a combination of positioning and insights from management’s recent conference call, which highlighted stabilization of production in Delaware and capital efficiency opportunities of more than 10 years.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2026
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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 21 Mar. 2026.
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