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
Historically, mega-mergers in the $10 billion to $20 billion range have been harder to make a success, Lüneborg told CNBC.
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Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Since then, along with its fellow detectors Virgo and KAGRA, LIGO has detected gravitational waves from many mergers between pairs of black holes, pairs of ultra-dense neutron stars — and even mixed mergers between a black hole and a neutron star.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 June 2026
Over the decades, the companies she’s worked for have undergone mergers and consolidation.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
As Hollywood wades through a fresh era of mergers and contraction, that has not happened.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2026
This is no coincidence; galactic mergers are more likely at the cluster’s gravitational center, and astronomers think the chaos of such collisions helps give ellipticals their characteristic spheroidal shape.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 29 May 2026
After graduating from the University of Cambridge with a degree in economics in 1988, Jane Fraser began her career as a mergers and acquisitions analyst at Goldman Sachs.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Such mergers of different sources of resentment were among the major causes for war in 1914.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
That, in turn, would suggest there were mergers among this population early in the Universe’s history.
—ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Since then, along with its fellow detectors Virgo and KAGRA, LIGO has detected gravitational waves from many mergers between pairs of black holes, pairs of ultra-dense neutron stars — and even mixed mergers between a black hole and a neutron star.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 June 2026
Over the decades, the companies she’s worked for have undergone mergers and consolidation.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
As Hollywood wades through a fresh era of mergers and contraction, that has not happened.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2026
This is no coincidence; galactic mergers are more likely at the cluster’s gravitational center, and astronomers think the chaos of such collisions helps give ellipticals their characteristic spheroidal shape.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 29 May 2026
After graduating from the University of Cambridge with a degree in economics in 1988, Jane Fraser began her career as a mergers and acquisitions analyst at Goldman Sachs.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Such mergers of different sources of resentment were among the major causes for war in 1914.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
That, in turn, would suggest there were mergers among this population early in the Universe’s history.
—ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mergers
Noun
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And the current environment is no different, with big changes on the horizon, particularly for consolidations of federal student loans.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The rapid expansion of private school choice has also contributed to enrollment declines, school consolidations and closures.—
Stacker,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Before that, were there additional unifications that occurred?—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Mergers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mergers. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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