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connect

[kuh-nekt] / kəˈnɛkt /


Usage

What are other ways to say connect? The verb connect implies a joining as by a tie, link, or wire: One connects two batteries. Join may refer to a connection or association of any degree of closeness, but often implies direct contact: One joins two pieces of wood mortise together at the corner. Unite implies a close joining of two or more things, so as to form one: One unites layers of veneer sheets to form plywood.

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“When people are more connected to nature, they want to support nature more,” Christensen said of his studies on how people connect to the outdoors.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

"I've grown up watching his videos and I have an emotional connect with him. I'm feeling very concerned about his heath. The government must pay attention to him," Sahu said.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Those satellites will attempt to connect with SpaceX’s Starlink constellation before expiring during re-entry.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Logically, one might expect it to use the most direct route to connect brain and larynx.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

“She does have aptitude to communicate with us, but she doesn’t always see and connect with us,” Darkness said.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

The organization also connects students with industry professionals, who often speak at their school.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Human advisers argue that no matter how seamlessly a platform connects to a chatbot, an AI agent cannot replicate the personal relationships, nuance and emotional intelligence of a human, especially during times of hardship.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Epping Road, which connects Chipping Ongar with North Weald Bassett, was closed after the incident.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

The laryngeal nerve also connects the brain and larynx, helping control speech and swallowing.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

The self-focus actually connects her more deeply with other people—the other actors, people in the audience, even the fictional characters in the plays.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

However, it concluded heating oil customers are not as well protected as those connected to the energy grid.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Knowing as a father that could have been me, could have been friends of mine, I felt very connected to those people.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Their findings, published in Physical Review Letters and selected as an Editor's Suggestion, introduce an entropy measure that is more closely connected to a black hole's spin and energy.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

Ruemmler and Epstein were connected in 2014 after she had left the White House where she served as counsel to President Barack Obama.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

They peered into the hollow chest cavity and saw a tangle of tubes connected to a grid of boxes: these were the robot’s electronic organs.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

That includes companies developing space-related infrastructure and those making hardware and software connecting and using space-based assets, as well as ventures that benefit from those assets.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

The Morandi Bridge in Genoa, part of a key highway connecting France and Italy, gave way in torrential rain on August 14, 2018 sending dozens of vehicles tumbling into the abyss.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

The new findings identify the sensory pathway connecting these specialized hairs to the nervous system.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

Grottland clarified the NTS was not an academy nor a centralised school, such as the famed Clairefontaine in France, but "a national development structure connecting grassroots clubs, districts, top clubs and the federation".

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

I work one p.m. to nine p.m. now, and I really do need to get ready for work, for the telephone calls connecting the problems of the people all over the city.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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