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noun

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Recent Examples of joint
Adjective
It and the previous entry—a joint session between John and Joan—were found on Didion’s computer. Evelyn McDonnell 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025 The forgery scheme was discovered through a joint investigation by members of the FBI’s Art Crime Team working in Philadelphia and Miami, and is being prosecuted Assistant United States Attorneys Ruth Mandelbaum and Jason Grenell. Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
Noun
Its joints are powerful and capable of generating 365 pound-feet of torque, enough to lift heavy objects or, in the wrong circumstances, cause serious harm. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025 Force torque sensors installed in most of its joints act a bit like a nervous system, informing the robot when key components sustain excessive loads to prevent it from damaging the arm or the drill. ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for joint
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joint
Adjective
  • Organizations like The Maven Collaborative and Springboard to Opportunities are pushing forward policy and narrative work that reframes economic liberation as a collective right, not an individual achievement.
    Essence, Essence, 17 June 2025
  • The collective effectively tapped NIL funds as de facto salaries for their respective teams.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Coufal took pictures in front of the ‘Long live the Boleyn’ and Billy Bonds and Sir Trevor Brooking murals, located near the junction of Priory Road and Barking Road.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • Maureen Sideris, a patient who was diagnosed with gastroesophageal junction cancer in 2022 and participated in the study, said that the treatment had worked successfully for her, according to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center release.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • If the sky becomes threatening and thunder can be heard, find a safe place to shelter.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2025
  • The establishment is designed to be a comfortable place to gather.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • The Torchlight Tour at Fremantle Prison takes visitors into the cells, tunnels, and courtyards of the prison, all by handheld light, with guides recounting the stories of those imprisoned in the 19th-century penitentiary.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
  • But their attempts to address more fundamental corruption backfire; many interpret their pragmatic cooperation with the government as carrying water for Juan Orlando Hernández, a strongman president later exposed as a drug trafficker who is now serving a 45-year sentence in a U.S. penitentiary.
    Katherine Corcoran, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • The most promising opportunities often lie at the intersection of significant pain and institutional blindness—where inefficiency has been accepted as inevitable.
    AllBusiness, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • About 20 seconds later, the fleeing vehicle lost control at the intersection of East 21st Street and 12th Avenue and slammed into the fire hydrant, the footage showed.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Uribe is a prominent figure in Colombia's political establishment — and the grandson of former President Julio César Turbay, who led the country from 1978 to 1982.
    Alfie Pannell, NPR, 8 June 2025
  • Some species, especially fruiting plants may need longer attention to ensure establishment and landscape success.
    Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • Anyone who assaults or attacks an ICE or Border Agent will do hard time in jail.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
  • Ramos-Jimenez was then arrested and taken to a local jail for possessing a weapon as a felon, Fox 10 Phoenix reported.
    Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • The system has expanded from Memorial Regional Hospital to multiple facilities in its network.
    Roshan Pawar, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • Kim said he was briefed on escape by the facility's administrators and ICE officials.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 June 2025

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“Joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joint. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.

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