as in consolidations
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one
the merger of the two companies will create the largest Internet service provider in the country
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Recent Examples of mergers
Primus has expressed skepticism about rail mergers and would likely have been a thorn in the side of this rail merger.
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Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Health care consolidation has been booming nationwide for 30 years, with over 2,000 hospital mergers announced since 1998, including 428 from 2018 to 2023.
—Bram Sable-Smith, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Companies are responding with a wave of mergers, acquisitions and spinoffs.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
So the female characters do their mergers, acquisitions, and other deal-making in the ballroom and boudoir.
—Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The paper also said such networks could end up increasing prices, something that can occur with traditional mergers and acquisitions.
—Arielle Zionts, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
In fact, with Saturn retrograde re-entering Pisces — your eighth house of mergers and transformation — deep emotional truths rise to the surface.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Growth can also happen rapidly because of mergers and acquisitions.
—John Hall, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The film is about a man in crisis after mergers and buyouts take out his job at a paper company.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2025
Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Health care consolidation has been booming nationwide for 30 years, with over 2,000 hospital mergers announced since 1998, including 428 from 2018 to 2023.
—Bram Sable-Smith, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Companies are responding with a wave of mergers, acquisitions and spinoffs.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
So the female characters do their mergers, acquisitions, and other deal-making in the ballroom and boudoir.
—Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The paper also said such networks could end up increasing prices, something that can occur with traditional mergers and acquisitions.
—Arielle Zionts, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
In fact, with Saturn retrograde re-entering Pisces — your eighth house of mergers and transformation — deep emotional truths rise to the surface.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Growth can also happen rapidly because of mergers and acquisitions.
—John Hall, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The film is about a man in crisis after mergers and buyouts take out his job at a paper company.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mergers
consolidations
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At the University of Chicago (#13), almost all of the arts and humanities departments and some social science departments are pausing new PhD program admissions for 2026-2027, as the school studies consolidations and cost-savings.—
Emma Whitford,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Mergers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mergers. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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