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

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

The hearing in Los Angeles federal court marked the confluence of three orders — two judicial and one executive — that will shape the future of the long neglected campus for decades to come.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Farther along we come to the confluence of the Little Delaware and the West Branch, and Bando takes out his compass and map again.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George