connection

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as in junction
a place where two or more things are united there's a problem at the connection where the outside wire is hooked up to the inside wiring

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as in contact
an acquaintance who has influence especially in the business or political world I have a connection in Hollywood who might be able to get you a part in a movie

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Recent Examples of connection McClean’s designs optimize views and cultivate a strong connection to the surrounding landscape. Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025 Their friendship is a reminder of how important connection is for well-being at any age. Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 The team is now under the ownership of his three daughters, Carlie Irsay-Gordon, Casey Foyt, and Kalen Jackson, who told The Wall Street Journal that the lake house has been a place of peace, joy, and connection for decades. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025 Perhaps there is a direct metaphysical connection between Christmas-tree farms and main-character syndrome: like Taylor Swift, Elizabeth Gilbert grew up amid fields of fir and pine. Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for connection
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  • Musk and Gebbia have maintained a close professional relationship; Gebbia sits on Tesla’s board and was introduced to DOGE earlier this year through Musk.
    Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
  • After a turbulent few weeks, things only became more tense when Sean McLaughlin and Allyshia Gupta claimed to have information that could destroy the relationship.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Surprisingly, cognitive decline in healthy aging isn't as simple as neurons dying, but rather neurons losing their spark at the synapse, the tiny junctions where signals leap from cell to cell.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, which lies near the junction formed by the former Tethys Ocean and now squeezed together between the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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  • As officers attempted contact, more gunshots were fired from inside the apartment toward officers, who took cover and began securing the scene and evacuating surrounding apartments, according to the release.
    NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The setup also created windless conditions, ideal for two ball-strikers who really can bring the power with good contact.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • Union Pacific is calling this merger the nation’s first truly transcontinental railroad, although for practical purposes, the first complete rail connection was completed 156 years ago.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The move would mark an important milestone for Nvidia -backed Cohesity, which shelved IPO plans in 2021 to first execute a complex merger with its rival Veritas’ data protection unit, according to Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen.
    Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Films of striking social relevance that never fall to polemic or sensationalism, but instead so trustingly fulfill their characters’ plight and courage.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This also presents an opportunity for Europe to turn strongly towards renewables and develop more nuclear, wind, and water infrastructure in order to fully account for the gap which would further erode Russia’s relevance in that market.
    Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • The band’s foundation was built on the joint songwriting of Davies and Hodgson, who sang lead on most of Supertramp’s hits, but their partnership was beginning to dissolve by the early 1980s.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But Somaiya left the startup after just a few months after the partnership unraveled.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Barrett's clear statement on the 22nd Amendment carries significant weight given her position on the Supreme Court, which would likely be asked to rule on any attempt to circumvent the two-term limit.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At home, consciously shape algorithm interactions to reflect your preferences and ethical positions.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • As DeLa describes it, it’s been a cosmic kinship ever since.
    Evan Ross Katz, Them., 4 Sep. 2025
  • Those deeds, however, are based on kinship ties, posing a problem for 38-year-old Star (Sarah Karei), an unmarried woman whose parentage is unknown.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Connection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connection. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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