conjuncture

Example Sentences

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In Galileo’s words, this was "a marvelous conjuncture," because he could have his conviction that the Earth moved around the sun, and not the other way around, approved by the Pope himself.

From Scientific American

In the current conjuncture, what’s more, there’s something to be said for accepting that you are, willy-nilly, white, because you can use your whiteness as an anti-racist instrument.

From New York Times

But out of the conjuncture of foul water, poor health, and the responsibility they felt as mothers to protect their families, they would develop into two of Flint’s most prominent “water warriors.”

From Salon

“It’s a vow that all of us ought to keep reinforcing particularly at this conjuncture where so many undercurrents and contrary views are surfacing on different scenarios,” he told AP.

From Washington Times

NAU Police originally called it “an unattended death” and investigated the case in conjuncture with Flagstaff police and the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

From Washington Times