integration

noun

Definition of integrationnext
as in absorption
a state or the act of combining or being combined into a cohesive whole The brain's integration of sensory input from both eyes allows for depth perception.

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Recent Examples of integration But his family worries about what could happen if threats to the integration of disabled Americans continue, especially in the long run. — Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026 The upgrade also improves file management in its Google Drive integration by enabling prompts to share, move, or delete files across your cloud storage. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026 Qnetic is developing Pulsar for several grid-scale applications, including renewable energy integration, grid balancing, microgrids, industrial sites, and energy-intensive data centers. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026 Instruct your architects to rebuild authorization systems and payment integrations, as well as secure all encryption protocols and data storage logic. — Ihor Hamal, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for integration
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  1. absorption
  2. blending
  3. incorporation
  4. merging
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  • When your braking system is working optimally, much of the shock absorption happens in the larger posterior chain muscles of the back of your body — specifically your lower back, glutes, hamstrings and calves.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Certain supplements do not mix well, blocking each other’s absorption, or refusing to absorb at all if too much (or too little) of a certain food is present in your stomach.
    — Diana Helmuth, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of absorption
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  • In electrolysis, compression, purification, storage and blending, oxygen measurement can support safety logic, gas purity verification, ventilation strategy, leak detection and process optimization.
    — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But somewhere in the show’s creative journey and the blending of British television veterans and scribes from inside Jackson’s Power-verse, a lot of the specificity vanished into the ether.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
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  • Whoever enters the highest bid gets the player, with ties usually decided either through a timing element (first highest bid wins) or the incorporation of a secondary waiver priority mechanism (team with the highest bid and highest priority wins).
    — Sports Betting, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The trailer also promises to touch on how then-contemporary thoughts of women as too innocent to murder helped Lizzie get acquitted, and teases the incorporation of other stories of female killers throughout history.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • The agreement comes on the heels of Pine Villa Elementary merging with Arthur and Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts to form a K-12 campus in Goulds.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Although the regular season matchups became quasi-annual after the 1996 merging of the Big 8 and the Southwest Conference to create the Big 12, the two teams still managed to find a way to one up another with some high stakes on the line.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
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“Integration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integration. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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