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join

[join] / dʒɔɪn /




Usage

What are other ways to say join? The verb 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. Connect implies a joining as by a tie, link, or wire: One connects two batteries. 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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He has a contract with Manchester City that allows him to join the vaunted Premier League club when he turns 18.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

More join in, and soon everybody is singing along, dropping the tension enough to relax a little.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

He’s expected to join a state dinner at the White House for Chinese President Xi Jinping alongside a slew of other top technology executives on Thursday.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The hackers, Shiny Hunters, say they now hold private data on all the bureau staff - around 38,000 people - including anyone who applied to join the investigative agency.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Dad shoots me a thumbs-up as he follows Teddy out the back door, and Brie takes a seat at the kitchen table, motioning for me to join her.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Britain's Chadwick joins an exclusive list of women to have driven an F1 car, after taking part in 32 laps at the Portimao circuit in Portugal, which will be on the F1 calendar in 2027.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Abbott, who begins work immediately, joins the museum as its sixth director since 2008.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The newly identified Diplodocus therefore joins an already impressive collection of enormous sauropods known from the Spanish Jurassic.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

“Children of the Wolves” acquires even greater depth when an insightful Turkish police detective joins the hunt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

When Britain joins this swaying motion, I get pulled into it, too, just because they’re both so much bigger than me.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

Following the burglary, Paul has joined forces with Compare the Market, which commissioned a licensed private investigator to examine the publicly available digital footprints of nine volunteers.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

A number of tech CEOs recently joined Trump last week during a state dinner with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, including Elon Musk of SpaceX, Sam Altman of OpenAI, and Sundar Pichai of Google.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Ridership improved under the chief executive of affiliate Brightline Train Development, Nicolas Petrovic, who joined from Eurostar earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

For the second act, Peña’s rock group the Last Line of Defense will perform songs by the Smiths and be joined by the mariachi group to merge the sounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Sal said it looked like a cave painting and Karly joined in even though she always used to love his pictures.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

The upcoming season will expand the Addams family with the introduction of Green’s Ophelia, while Ryder and several other stars are also joining the cast.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

With just one more weekend to play, Simpson is on the verge of joining that exclusive—and wildly retro—club.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

However, two new cast members are joining the show: Grace Reiter and Saidah Belo-Osagie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Mekies said: "Since joining us at the start of the year, Isack has been superb on and off track, especially considering this is only his second F1 season."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

She thought of Mom teaching her to fish, of Macon joining them.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn




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