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noun

joining

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verb

present participle of join
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Recent Examples of joining
Noun
With Texas State joining, the Pac-12 will have nine members in 2026, which will include Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno, San Diego State, Oregon State, Gonzaga, Washington State and Utah State. Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2025 Soon, the whole party is under the table, with Nat and Francie joining (and silently bickering), along with the Faks, Sydney and Tiff. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 27 June 2025
Verb
Polidori, ostensibly joining the party as a private physician, had been secretly hired by a publishing house to write a tell-all about Byron. Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025 And Gleb Savchenko Hilaria Baldwin is joining DWTS this season. Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for joining
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joining
Adjective
  • In round 2, shown on the right panel, the testing contingency remains the same except for the addition of a social facilitator bird in the adjacent room of the control subject, who sits on the perch passively without performing any action.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Not long ago, Barbara Starr, who gardens in the San Fernando Valley, sent me a picture of dozens of seedlings that were growing adjacent to her back wall.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The gunmen, who arrived at the junction in a vehicle carrying weapons, ammunition and a knife, shot at dozens of people waiting near buses in the area.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Members of Israel's ZAKA search and rescue emergency services collect samples at the scene of a shooting at the Ramot road junction in east Jerusalem on September 8, 2025.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Empress Tavern, the basement-level restaurant adjoining the theater which shut down during the pandemic, reopened this spring for private events and concerts hosted by a local nonprofit.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • By 1938, the Netherlands had a 1,170-mile main-road network, 866 miles of which had adjoining cycleways.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The new strategy aims to leverage Ford’s iconic brand while simultaneously signaling that the car company is entering a new era, Materazzo said.
    Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Zeffy fundraiser that’s raised over $400,000 of its $737,000 goal will help engineers in Gaza buy and reuse materials — as aid entering Gaza is heavily restricted by Israel — to extend the hospital, Jboor and Hawash-Kuemmerle said.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The scent is smoky yet sweet, spicy yet smooth, dark but with an underlying lightness—the result of combining clean white musk with rose, tobacco, suede, and cumin.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The collection features hoodies, tees, jackets, and hats, all combining NFL branding with BXR aesthetics, making for something that appeals both to sports super‑fans and streetwear lovers alike.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These short stories about scientists working at the leading edge of climate microbiology reveal the vital role microbes play in our biosphere and climate system, and illuminate new possibilities for collaborating with these incredible natural chemists.
    Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • After working as a corporate event planner for nearly a decade, Nate and Laura began collaborating in 2019.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Furthermore, a preliminary agreement with Egypt’s EGAS may lead to the development of five deepwater gas wells in the Mediterranean, connecting to existing infrastructure.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Blue Ridge Parkway The Blue Ridge Parkway is a 469-mile long two-lane highway that runs through the mountains of North Carolina and Virginia, connecting Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Shenandoah National Park.
    Graham Averill, Outside, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Soliman worked as a freelance journalist covering pro-democracy revolts in Egypt and neighboring Libya.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Still, in March, a collision alarm sounded in the cockpit of a Delta Air Lines jet when Air Force jets conducting a flyover at Arlington National Cemetery got too close, and in May, an Army helicopter circling the neighboring Pentagon, caused two passenger jets to abort landings.
    Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Joining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joining. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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