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uniting

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verb

present participle of unite
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as in collaborating
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end only if private investors and public officials unite for the common good, will this city experience an economic revival

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Recent Examples of uniting
Noun
But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day. Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026 And coming back with a movie that has anywhere near the impact of No Way Home’s untoppable uniting of Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Holland would seem a fool’s errand. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 July 2026
Verb
Data center backlash is also uniting people from across the political spectrum ahead of the midterm elections. Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 At home several center-right parties initially declined to join his coalition, illustrating the challenge of uniting the broader Brazilian right behind his candidacy. Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026 In those earliest works using magazine transfers, Cowin layered disjunctive images, visually uniting realities that can’t easily be reconciled emotionally. Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 By formally uniting the issues of hunger and health, however, Mamdani can tap into funding already earmarked for Food as Medicine initiatives, helping address both the financial and health challenges facing the NYCG plan. Marian Flaxman, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026 In fact, protesting against new construction of data centers (which are used to power AI programs, mostly), is one of the only issues uniting Americans politically. Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 Donalds now faces the task of uniting his party after what was a bruising primary. Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 Written by producer and co-showrunner Cassie Pappas, the finale finds all the major players uniting at a secluded gas terminal for an exchange. Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026 If trading seats would mean uniting both parties, the person sitting next to you may take you up on the offer. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uniting
Noun
  • Two of the company's vessels, Icon and Star of the Seas, feature exterior doors to connecting cabins — replacing the traditional interior door, as Royal Caribbean Blog reported.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • According to Ryan, the right kitchen sells the dream of entertaining, connecting, and living well.
    Cori Sears, The Spruce, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Klein, for his part, hopes the results inspire future research combining keto with popular glucagonlike peptide 1 (GLP-1) weight-loss drugs such as semaglutide, tirzepatide, and more.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
  • By combining multiple types of light into one image, NASA is able to reveal the complete picture of what this energetic galaxy is made of.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The May survey found that 40% of school districts were also consolidating their bus routes.
    Willa Rubin, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Talarico is consolidating Democratic support at 91%, while 79% of Republicans have expressed their commitment to Paxton.
    Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The woman is cooperating with the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into Gomez, according to her lawyers, Lisa Banks and Sarah Nesbitt.
    Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Court records, however, reveal the cooperating witness, a member of the Cuban-American gang, has been assisting the feds since 2015.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Instead, the agents had, by collaborating amongst themselves, quickly found a way to manufacture answers to cyber challenges without actually solving the questions in the way ExploitGym’s creators had intended.
    Emily Forlini, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • In addition to collaborating on the adaptations of her own books, Todd has also helped adapt another bestseller from Colleen Hoover, serving as producer for Regretting You.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The agreement comes on the heels of Pine Villa Elementary merging with Arthur and Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts to form a K-12 campus in Goulds.
    Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Although the regular season matchups became quasi-annual after the 1996 merging of the Big 8 and the Southwest Conference to create the Big 12, the two teams still managed to find a way to one up another with some high stakes on the line.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Adult oysters, by contrast, attach themselves to hard surfaces for life, fusing their shells to the surface and growing in irregular clumps.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Young artists like the members of the Chilean boy band Q_ARE are fusing these elements with Latin music styles, Spanish and English lyrics and Chilean slang to pioneer a uniquely Latino pop subgenre.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The report said only 14 percent expect greater use of AI shopping assistants to be the biggest behavioral change this season, and most are still concentrating their attention on shipping costs, discounts and operational execution.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Specifically, concentrating the binder near the separator narrowed the pathways for lithium-ion movement.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026

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“Uniting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uniting. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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