confluence
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It's a confluence of factors starting with consultants often inaccurately projecting potential demand, says Verma.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
The confluence of these three developments — oil above $100 a barrel, a 2-year yield above the fed funds rate, and a bear-steepening dynamic in the bond market — is making some investors nervous.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
“A confluence of headwinds—even if each individually is not strong enough to turn the cycle—can take a sluggish economy and make it a recessionary one.”
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
She has since chalked it up to a confluence of factors, from weather to Covid to the strangeness of competing in China, far away from the World Cup circuit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Eventually we found a suitable spot, still in Chryse but far from the confluence of the four ancient channels.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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