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as in to integrate
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole
connect all the sets of lights and attach them to the branches of the Christmas tree
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2
as in to combine
to come together to form a single unit
the two interstate highways connect, so a driver can go from one corner of the state to the other without much trouble
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as in to associate
to think of (something) in combination
opera is popularly connected with high society
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Recent Examples of connect
That nucleotide flashes light in a characteristic color that identifies which base is being connected.
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
The crack of their connecting swings had seemed even louder all season, in the empty stadiums of baseball’s COVID-19 season.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
This is how humans grow and develop and connect or disconnect.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
Dancing is a way of connecting with the universe’s soul.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
The crack of their connecting swings had seemed even louder all season, in the empty stadiums of baseball’s COVID-19 season.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
This is how humans grow and develop and connect or disconnect.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
Dancing is a way of connecting with the universe’s soul.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for connect
Recent Examples of Synonyms for connect
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Following the success, Google may be planning to integrate the image model into some of its other apps and services.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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In those intervening 35 years, China had moved 800 million rural peasants — living in extreme poverty on US$2 a day — into city apartments and integrated them into the global economy.—
Peter Leyden,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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The answer against Florida and Missouri was McConkey, who had his two best games of the year, combining for 13 catches and 230 yards.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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In this case, the ACIP guidance formalizes an existing recommendation, which is designed to reduce a very rare, slightly elevated risk of seizures when the two shots are combined into a single injection.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Rx Kids was also associated with a reduction in neonatal intensive care admissions, down 29% or 68 fewer admissions during the study period, another report found.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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But the high-profile nature of the awards and the eye-popping figures associated with them are pushing board-level compensation committees that negotiate CEO pay to prepare for conversations about similar packages.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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Numerical simulations and a theoretical quantum model validated the experimental results, confirming that the two phonon modes were indeed in the ultrastrong coupling regime.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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Forcing athletes to find new affordances within various constraints makes perception-action coupling more efficient.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Further investigation of human brain scans found that skull thickness had been altered by the tumors, particularly where bones fuse.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Oct. 2025
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Cruz Beckham brought surrealist footwear codes to Paris Fashion Week on Friday, stepping out in JW Anderson’s frog loafers — a playful collaboration with Wellipets that fused PVC nostalgia with avant-garde design.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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Salmon said his counselor suggested his attraction to men was his father’s fault because his job kept him away from home a lot, causing Salmon to identify more with his mother.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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But that changed, and the case took a turn after two denizens of Nashville's street scene were identified as suspects.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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As industrial and urban systems become increasingly interconnected, attacks that exploit both physical and digital vulnerabilities are rising.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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Later, telecom companies were required to let competitors interconnect rather than wall off their networks.—
Asad Ramzanali,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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However, sometimes, the right play happens for the correlating gossip.—
Charlotte Wilder,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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La Niña years have historically correlated with dry weather in California, but hotter conditions can also mean that precipitation arrives in the form of stronger, potentially hazardous storms, amplifying flood risks.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Connect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connect. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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