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Recent Examples of conjuncture According to Litman, the company works closely with and employs a variety of therapists, thinking of themselves as working in conjuncture with their mechanical counterparts, not against them. Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024 Whether Europe actually manages to create a liberal empire strong enough to defend the interests and values of Europeans will, as always in human history, depend on conjuncture, luck, collective will, and individual leadership. Timothy Garton Ash, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2023 Mungiu wants to tell a story about people in trouble, to offer a universal moral lesson, and to analyze a particular political conjuncture—and for the most part these elements tend to strengthen and deepen one another, even if his ambition at times puts them under too much strain. Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2023 Elsewhere Gold gained on more stimulus conjuncture. Rey Mashayekhi, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2020 The new marketing materials come after 18 months of work led by Jenny Dexter, the city’s former communications manager in conjuncture with consultants and surveys. Cincinnati.com, 13 Apr. 2020 In conjuncture with this, A Bola (via Sport Witness) have reported that Spurs have requested a new meeting, meaning further developments could be imminent. SI.com, 2 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjuncture
Noun
  • President Donald Trump has highlighted fentanyl overdoses as a public health crisis and national emergency, and repeatedly criticized both Canada and Mexico for not doing enough to stop cross-border drug sales to American consumers.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • Zuckerberg accurately diagnoses our crisis of isolation.
    Kim Samuel, Time, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Then there’s factors such as spreading out lefthanded hitters in the lineup to offset lefthanded relievers, flexibility for late-game situations and Quatraro’s preference to keep free-swinging batters from being lined up together (the better to avoid a couple fast outs).
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2025
  • For those who work with Venezuelan migrants directly, the situation feels deeply complicated.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025

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“Conjuncture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjuncture. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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