confluence

A confluence of factors contributed to the selling, Wall Street strategists said, but shifting views about the Federal Reserve’s plans for interest-rate cuts appeared to be chief among them.

At the confluence of three alleyways, the crowd swells, a living, breathing thing.

Recent concern about private lending has been fueled by a confluence of factors, including frauds that led to credit losses at the subprime lender Tricolor Holdings and the auto-parts supplier First Brands.

Behind the upswing is a confluence of money and fear.

He said he hopes officials investigating this fire look for a “confluence of three sets of contributing factors,” which he separates into human-related, organizational and technological factors.