conjoining 1 of 2

conjoining

2 of 2

verb

present participle of conjoin
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as in collaborating
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 conjoining
Verb
Clear messages matter, as Mercury is in your 3rd House of Communication, conjoining social darling Venus in the same sector. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026 Saturn conjoining Neptune initiates you into a slow and sacred beginning. — Usa Today, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026 This month’s most important astrology features an eclipse on February 17 that launches you into a new storyline around romance and sexuality, and that eclipse is tied in with Saturn and Neptune conjoining in your 7th house of partnerships on February 20. — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjoining
Adjective
  • Milwaukee's market-size ranking out of 30 MLB teams, defined by Nielsen as non-overlapping geographic regions that group counties based on television viewing areas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • How’s an architect supposed to address these overlapping and contradictory rubrics, much less resolve them?
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, in Bar Sur, regional maker Cata Flaño contributed a massive mixed-media mural combining watercolors with local peat, driftwood, and historical navigation charts marked at 55 degrees south.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Landry Shamet and Jordan Clarkson also lit up on offense off the bench, combining for six 3s.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • At the time, Link, a Vernon Hills Democrat, was secretly cooperating with the FBI.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The department is cooperating with the agencies handling the criminal case.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The team is now collaborating with NASA to investigate whether the approach could help analyse light from distant galaxies.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The film marks Dior’s second animation project this year, after collaborating with French studio Remembers, founded by Ugo Bienvenu and Félix de Givry, on a film recounting the story of its signature fragrance Miss Dior.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Gash love composing songs whose intersecting lines set the entire mood of the song—jarring, dreamy, or nostalgic—in the style of art-house sampling.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The construction is as much about visual effect as engineering, with the intersecting lines lending a sense of movement to an otherwise traditional solitaire silhouette.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Some of the movie’s most memorable moments have barely anything to do with the plot, like when Matt discovers his eyelids fusing together and attempts to separate them with nail scissors in the bathroom of a bumpy plane.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • To ground the event in its California roots, the team served a sauerbraten with tri-tip, fusing California’s barbecue culture with German traditions.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Finally, the rowdy late-night crowd of after-partiers spills in, at worst hogging the mic and at best uniting an entire room.
    — Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Rather than focusing solely on uniting the party’s traditional coalition in the aftermath of the primary, El-Sayed has sought to bring new voters — particularly college students and rural residents — into the fold.
    — Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • But by the time the score declines, the opportunity to correct the underlying problem may already have narrowed.
    — Allison Mais, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • And when official communications from the White House and federal agencies are equal parts tough talk, trolling and cringe, the underlying policies can get lost in the shuffle.
    — Matthew N. Hannah, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

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“Conjoining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjoining. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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