confluence
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Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson said a confluence of factors allowed the company to capture market share during the quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
It's a confluence of factors starting with consultants often inaccurately projecting potential demand, says Verma.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Khartoum, a metropolis of 7 million, sits at the confluence of tributaries, a sort of Pittsburgh-on-the-Nile.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 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
She came at last to a confluence of shabby streets which she assumed from the detached quarter of her map was Stockwell.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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