as in merger
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one
the merging of the two companies resulted in a corporation with a totally different configuration
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as in combining
to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout
years of living side by side had failed to merge the various ethnic groups into one community, and the city remained more of a mosaic than a melting pot
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Recent Examples of merging
Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026
This is attributed to two branches of the jet stream merging, and the dip in the jet stream elongating more, which allows for stronger rising motion ahead of the system.
—Trey Fulbright, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Located just 90 miles east of New Orleans, this town is a merging of marsh, river, and Gulf of Mexico beach.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2026
The night will double as a baby shower celebration, a rare merging of music, family, and community that feels less like a concert gimmick and more like a milestone shared in real time.
—Holly Alvarado, Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
This is especially significant to consider early in the year when Saturn and Neptune join forces in Aries, activating a part of your chart that governs intimacy, trust and emotional merging.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
The Los Rancheros and Poway Kiwanis clubs are in the process of merging, a move that members say will strengthen their organization and increase their abilities to help their communities.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Capping a decade defined by streaming wars, the large entertainment unions began blowing the whistle on anti-trust, claiming that the merging of major studios threatens artistic expression, worker conditions, the health of the movie theater business and consumer prices.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
That is about to change, as Wan is among those bringing a new Parnormal Activity feature to the screen, with the move coming after the merging of his company Atomic Monster with that of Paranormal producer Jason Blum’s Blumhouse.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Dec. 2025
Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
That's when former Texas coach Cliff Gustafson came up with a way to put on a fundraiser while merging UT's past and present.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
Now, as Reuters reports, Musk is hoping to go one step further, merging his AI startup xAI with SpaceX ahead of the IPO — a baffling plan that raises far more questions than answers.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 29 Jan. 2026
Among these phenomena are discoveries around previously unknown and merging galaxies, including some that are jellyfish-shaped and several that researchers can’t fit into existing classifications.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026
If there’s market demand now, colleges and universities should collaborate by merging academic staff now as well, Oakley said.
—Cal Matters, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
Ritchie then reminded the committee that members of the grunge band Pearl Jam sat before Congress 30 years ago in their Sisyphean battle against Ticketmaster and that in 2009, Congress was told under oath that merging Live Nation and Ticketmaster would benefit artists and fans.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
Mars merging with Pluto can hit you with a piercing moment of honesty.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Like insurers, hospitals have also been merging and scooping up other providers of medical services, including doctors’ offices, outpatient facilities and labs.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
This engine provides strong performance for highway merging, overtaking, and spirited driving, while maintaining smooth and responsive handling.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026
This is attributed to two branches of the jet stream merging, and the dip in the jet stream elongating more, which allows for stronger rising motion ahead of the system.
—Trey Fulbright, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Located just 90 miles east of New Orleans, this town is a merging of marsh, river, and Gulf of Mexico beach.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2026
The night will double as a baby shower celebration, a rare merging of music, family, and community that feels less like a concert gimmick and more like a milestone shared in real time.
—Holly Alvarado, Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
This is especially significant to consider early in the year when Saturn and Neptune join forces in Aries, activating a part of your chart that governs intimacy, trust and emotional merging.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
The Los Rancheros and Poway Kiwanis clubs are in the process of merging, a move that members say will strengthen their organization and increase their abilities to help their communities.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Capping a decade defined by streaming wars, the large entertainment unions began blowing the whistle on anti-trust, claiming that the merging of major studios threatens artistic expression, worker conditions, the health of the movie theater business and consumer prices.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
That is about to change, as Wan is among those bringing a new Parnormal Activity feature to the screen, with the move coming after the merging of his company Atomic Monster with that of Paranormal producer Jason Blum’s Blumhouse.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Dec. 2025
Verb
This magnetized ridge appears to funnel material and magnetic flux between the merging nuclei, further emphasizing the role of magnetic fields in governing the flow of matter during galactic collisions.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
That's when former Texas coach Cliff Gustafson came up with a way to put on a fundraiser while merging UT's past and present.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
Now, as Reuters reports, Musk is hoping to go one step further, merging his AI startup xAI with SpaceX ahead of the IPO — a baffling plan that raises far more questions than answers.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 29 Jan. 2026
Among these phenomena are discoveries around previously unknown and merging galaxies, including some that are jellyfish-shaped and several that researchers can’t fit into existing classifications.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026
If there’s market demand now, colleges and universities should collaborate by merging academic staff now as well, Oakley said.
—Cal Matters, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
Ritchie then reminded the committee that members of the grunge band Pearl Jam sat before Congress 30 years ago in their Sisyphean battle against Ticketmaster and that in 2009, Congress was told under oath that merging Live Nation and Ticketmaster would benefit artists and fans.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
Mars merging with Pluto can hit you with a piercing moment of honesty.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Like insurers, hospitals have also been merging and scooping up other providers of medical services, including doctors’ offices, outpatient facilities and labs.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for merging
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His merger this week of his rocket company SpaceX with his artificial intelligence company xAI could help get them there.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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The SpaceX-xAI merger could be a first step in that direction, and the consolidation a way to move toward steady cash flows and conservative capital to source the immense resources required to fund the AI boom.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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The researchers achieved 61 percent accuracy with a single organoid but reached 83 percent when combining responses from an ensemble of three organoids.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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This would have involved combining several negatives, either by printing them together in a darkroom or cutting and pasting and then rephotographing them.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Those data points then go through a unification process where AI compares the item to more than 300 million others in Phia’s database to identify the best seller.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The drill was part of an intensifying military pressure campaign to intimidate the Taiwanese leadership, demoralize the population, and wear down the island’s resistance to unification with the mainland.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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With the motor running, add 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into pieces, a piece at a time, mixing after each addition until almost completely incorporated before adding more, 10–14 minutes total.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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In the Chicago area, the traffic is often dense, mixing trucks and cars traveling at different speeds, with merging traffic and lanes that become turn-only.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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However, that growth is threatened by further consolidation.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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Instead of an intelligent, reasonable exploration of the historic harms of corporate consolidation, the MAGA Republicans who dominated the panel used their questions to create more content for the right-wing outrage machine.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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More broadly, this work highlights a promising pathway for integrating solar energy directly into electrochemical energy storage, potentially bridging the gap between renewable energy harvesting and efficient energy utilization, according to researchers.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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By integrating supplier data and focusing on high-impact variables such as product weight, organizations can achieve significant improvements in emissions accuracy, according to the Higg Index’s exclusive licensee.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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The power-plant theory is an iteration of that tradition—a movement away from mystical explanations such as the Curse of the Billy Goat and toward shareable deep dives, investigations, and dot-connecting.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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SpaceX's Starlink constellation, which now totals more than 9,100 operational satellites, provides internet access to areas around the world where other means of connecting are either sparse non existent.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
7 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Hundreds of people from across Chicagoland attended Saturday’s second Iftar Bazaar in Rosemont, a daylong, pre-Ramadan expo blending food, shopping and community programming.—
Eva Remijan-Toba,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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Known for blending alt-pop and indie rock with diaristic, emotionally raw songwriting, sombr has quickly built momentum over the past year with a run of globally resonant releases.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Merging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merging. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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