as in confluence
the coming together of two or more things to the same point
the conjunction of the two major highways creates a massive influx of cars into the city
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Recent Examples of conjunction
The rebrand came in conjunction with the announcement of the eight mentorship candidates with Lagos Fashion Week, which runs until Sunday.
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Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 25 Oct. 2024
The conjunction sits in my 11th house of community and social influence.
—Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2024
The waxing gibbous Moon in your sign passes through conjunction with Saturn and Neptune, squares off against Jupiter, creates trines with Mars and Venus, and forms sextiles with Uranus and Pluto.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 11 Oct. 2024
Since the year 2000, Jupiter and Mars have been in conjunction just 11 times, according to Space.com.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for conjunction 
Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 25 Oct. 2024
The conjunction sits in my 11th house of community and social influence.
—Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2024
The waxing gibbous Moon in your sign passes through conjunction with Saturn and Neptune, squares off against Jupiter, creates trines with Mars and Venus, and forms sextiles with Uranus and Pluto.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 11 Oct. 2024
Since the year 2000, Jupiter and Mars have been in conjunction just 11 times, according to Space.com.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for conjunction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjunction
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Debra Krol reports on Indigenous communities at the confluence of climate, culture and commerce in Arizona and the Intermountain West.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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That confluence of freedom and at the end of it, way too much freedom and adulthood make people behave even worse and create a microcosm, again, in which all of this behavior is somehow ritualized and recognized as appropriate.Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Part of that came from the convergence of circumstances onstage that day at the Lumière.Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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This convergence is likely to be a strong driver of business growth throughout 2025.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Bellevue's management has expressed concerns about its ability to continue as a going concern due to the working capital deficit and the need to complete a business combination by the extended deadline.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The five-man combination of Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, Michael Porter Jr. and Aaron Gordon leads the league in points per possessions.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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At the end of the meeting, attendees came together to issue an urgent statement.Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
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Senior advisors may also be involved in budget oversight, compliance reporting and representing the department in high-level meetings and communications.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Conjunction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjunction. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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