How to Use merger in a Sentence

merger

noun
  • If the proposed merger of the two oil companies goes through, it would be bad for the economy.
  • The law firm announced its $50 million merger with one of its competitors.
  • If one or both mergers are approved, the deals would be the largest in years.
    Niraj Chokshi, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The paper that came out that year just looked at the final orbit of the two black holes before the merger.
    Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The merger changed everything: the course of the Milky Way’s halo, inner bulge, and flattened disk.
    WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Still, if seen through, the merger will inevitably lead to some changes that current flyers will not like.
    Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The deal is smaller than the mergers that reshaped the airline industry more than a decade ago.
    David Koenig, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Ok, so all that explains why the merger maybe makes sense from Google’s perspective.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Last year was considered a slow year for mergers, but 2024 is turning out to be even worse.
    Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
  • But Heard's Dan Gallagher warns that this won't mean the end of Washington's distrust of big tech mergers.
    WSJ, 12 July 2023
  • And do Sprite or 7up or Sierra Mist or Starry really even taste like the merger of these fruits?
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 28 July 2023
  • The merger, announced late last year, was poised to be one of the largest pharmaceutical deals in recent years.
    Rebecca Robbins, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
  • However, Zee has now asked for an extension to the merger.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The deal is just the latest in a series of mergers and acquisitions in the oil industry in recent years.
    Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • This merger is merely the latest frontier for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 9 June 2023
  • Overseas membership soared to match or exceed that of the U.S., fueled mostly by growth and mergers in Africa.
    Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
  • Leveraged buyouts finance more than one-third of all mergers.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The two banks are structuring their deal, announced late Tuesday, as a reverse merger.
    WSJ, 26 July 2023
  • The merger pushes all the gas into a very small region, which causes an intense burst of star formation.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2024
  • While the merger was pending, Zee Studios did not greenlight any new films for a while, but now with the process nearing completion, that will resume.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Many blank checks have either called off their merger plans or extended their deadlines.
    Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
  • But those critics say the merger put the company in the hands of executives with a finance background, who put profits as their top goal.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Colt has proposed a cash-and-stock merger with the sporting and outdoor-goods company that would value its shares at $30.00 each, Vista said late Wednesday.
    P.r. Venkat, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Enter Email Sign Up The government first issued its guidance on mergers in 1968.
    Josh Boak, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
  • As a result of the merger, both sides agreed to cease their legal maneuvering against one another.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 June 2023
  • Grainge rode this merry-go-round of mergers and acquisitions to greater power.
    John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
  • And so that’s been a real growth driver of the organization really, since the merger.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • So far, multiple states and one consumer group have taken legal action against the merger.
    Alexander Coolidge, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Kirby declined to say whether the government's review of that potential merger would be a subject at the state visit.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In a few years, though, the ungainly hybrid that Malone and Zaslav built may be just a part of a new merger—another attempt to fix a problem that no one can solve.
    Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023

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