as in combining
to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout
a cuisine that melds East and West into strikingly original flavor combinations
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Recent Examples of melding
Fresh lemon pulls the flavors into focus, melding the vivid with the verdant.
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Laura McLively, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
Whereas traditional nuclear fission energy creates power by splitting atoms, fusion uses heat to create energy by melding them together.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
Accountability, vulnerability, apology, forgiveness, cultures melding into each other.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
The Red Fort, known locally as Lal Qila, is a sprawling, 17th-century Mughal-era edifice melding Persian and Indian architectural styles, and is visited by tourists throughout the year.
—Shivam Patel, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Whether the vibe is slinky and sultry or tender, the entire project feels like an instant classic, melding retro production and instrumentation with Faith’s singular perspectives.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025
Written over the course of a year and a half and recorded in Los Angeles between cups of tea and views of the mountains, Lu compares the project to a short story collection, each song melding into its own theme.
—John Lonsdale, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
The day would end up melding politics and megachurch.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Vevers’ approach is to continually push forward while looking back — melding together observations of what today’s youth desire; pushing forward sustainable initiatives, and honoring Coach’s leather goods heritage by incorporating inspirations from its vast archive.
—Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025
Laura McLively, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
Whereas traditional nuclear fission energy creates power by splitting atoms, fusion uses heat to create energy by melding them together.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
Accountability, vulnerability, apology, forgiveness, cultures melding into each other.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
The Red Fort, known locally as Lal Qila, is a sprawling, 17th-century Mughal-era edifice melding Persian and Indian architectural styles, and is visited by tourists throughout the year.
—Shivam Patel, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Whether the vibe is slinky and sultry or tender, the entire project feels like an instant classic, melding retro production and instrumentation with Faith’s singular perspectives.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025
Written over the course of a year and a half and recorded in Los Angeles between cups of tea and views of the mountains, Lu compares the project to a short story collection, each song melding into its own theme.
—John Lonsdale, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
The day would end up melding politics and megachurch.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Vevers’ approach is to continually push forward while looking back — melding together observations of what today’s youth desire; pushing forward sustainable initiatives, and honoring Coach’s leather goods heritage by incorporating inspirations from its vast archive.
—Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melding
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The album’s maximalist approach, combining an array of live instruments, VSTs, and samplers, sometimes coheres into true jams.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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Kenny said the challenges to combining the spaces became clear once the structure was closely examined.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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At the sound level, our engineer is a guy who makes all the greatest dance music in the Latin world right now [Josh Gudwin is the records’ mixing engineer and Dale Becker mastering engineer].—
Leonor C. Suárez,
Rolling Stone,
8 Jan. 2026
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Naumes uses a similar approach, mixing fresh lemon juice with water.—
Lynn Andriani,
Martha Stewart,
8 Jan. 2026
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The suspect ran through red lights and swerved across several lanes on Balboa Boulevard in Encino while driving at around 80 mph before merging onto the northbound 101 Freeway.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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By merging with the just over 50-member Poway Kiwanians, Beavers said the combined group now has 74 members.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Our research has described the needs of callers who reach out to 211, community capacity to respond to callers’ needs, the ability of 211 to detect rapid changes in community needs, and the benefits of integrating health referrals into 211s.—
Matthew W. Kreuter,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Future work will focus on integrating snow-deposition modeling with PV yield simulations to more accurately predict energy losses and on expanding analyses to more complex, uneven alpine terrain.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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How DarkSpectre stayed hidden for years DarkSpectre succeeded by blending legitimate functionality with hidden malware.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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This approach highlights the company’s focus on blending practical functionality with playful design.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
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These topics aren’t inherently popular with millennials and Gen Z, but agronejo has helped to draw in a younger audience by incorporating electronic beats and drawing from baile funk, a popular rhythmic form born in Brazil’s predominantly Black working-class neighborhoods in the 1980s.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
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Kristin Keyes, the founder of Kristin Keyes Interiors also in Nashville, loves incorporating antique wooden tables into dining rooms.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Melding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melding. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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