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as in to combine
to come together to form a single unit
several streets conjoin to form the crossroads known as New York's Times Square
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as in to cooperate
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
small farmers had to conjoin in order to compete with the agricultural conglomerates
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as in to collaborate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end
government agencies and private charities have conjoined to bring relief to the famine-stricken nation
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Recent Examples of conjoin
The surgeons also chose to conjoin the right and left arteries — as well as the right and left veins — while the organ was on ice, so that only two connections were needed in the recipient, rather than four.
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Emily Baumgaertner Nunn, New York Times, 18 May 2025
The two institutions’ histories were conjoined from the get-go.
—Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
The vocals are airy, haughtily enunciated in the high hippie style, and embellished with happy trills; the melody chugs along with a nursery-rhyme simplicity that is somehow underwired by knowingness: innocence and experience conjoined.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
Visit the Picasso Museum Five conjoined medieval palaces with Catalan Gothic architecture house the Picasso Museum in the district El Born.
—Jennifer Fernández Solano, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Emily Baumgaertner Nunn, New York Times, 18 May 2025
The two institutions’ histories were conjoined from the get-go.
—Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
The vocals are airy, haughtily enunciated in the high hippie style, and embellished with happy trills; the melody chugs along with a nursery-rhyme simplicity that is somehow underwired by knowingness: innocence and experience conjoined.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
Visit the Picasso Museum Five conjoined medieval palaces with Catalan Gothic architecture house the Picasso Museum in the district El Born.
—Jennifer Fernández Solano, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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When deaths from heat and cold are combined, Europe has close to 50 times as many deaths as the U.S. — as many as 250,000 to 500,000 more deaths every year.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
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The heat index combines air temperature and relative humidity to measure what the heat feels like to the human body.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
28 July 2025
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About half of housing providers who requested to bump up their rents are cooperating with this request, said Loretta Owens, the Denver Housing Authority’s director of the Housing Choice Voucher Program.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
1 Aug. 2025
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Prosecutors drop charges in Hammond drug shooting Court filings show prosecutors dropped charges this week in a Hammond drug shooting, saying the victim wasn’t cooperating.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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Oreo and Reese’s are collaborating on a new candy and what might be the perfect cookie.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
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Officials are collaborating with local, state, and national law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, to investigate the source and extent of the breach, according to the mayor's office.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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After getting out their rage, Happy and Shooter unite over preserving their love of traditional golf rather than Maxi League’s spectacle.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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New transit could help unite neighborhoods that have historically been divided by the train tracks, said Winston Von Engel, an urban planning expert.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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Expect pastel sweatshirts, tees celebrating the farm’s famous baked goods, and a limited-edition capsule merging lifestyle and design.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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For instance, Caesars Entertainment merged with Eldorado Resorts in 2020 in a $17.3 billion deal.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Conjoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjoin. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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