unifications

noun

plural of unification
as in mergers
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one the political unification of several Central European states into a German empire dominated by Prussia

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Recent Examples of unifications Before that, were there additional unifications that occurred? — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unifications
  1. mergers
  2. consolidations
Noun
  • That means having to navigate a business that is contracting because of mergers and consolidation.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 25 July 2026
  • That is troubling because these early black holes should have had to undergo at least 1 billion years of mergers and gluttonous feeding to reach supermassive status.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of mergers
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  • The Chicago market has seen dozens of closings and consolidations in recent years, including Metropolitan Brewing, one of the city’s oldest craft breweries, which filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2023.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • The district launched a webpage detailing current school boundaries and consolidations.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Definition of consolidations

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