confluence

Example Sentences

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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 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

While apart, their working lives — his at sea, hers on land — speak to a confluence of the elemental and the man-made.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

This system worked well until 2019, when a confluence of corporate tax payments and Treasury settlements triggered a scramble for cash.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

“See the confluence of those two rivers? We land right in between.”

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein