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confluence

[kon-floo-uhns] / ˈkɒn flu əns /


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“I felt this extraordinary confluence of my passions.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Experts point to a confluence of factors — and, primarily, that consumers want choices.

From MarketWatch Jul. 5, 2026

This expansionist push brought these cultures into new confluence and conflict.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Starbucks Korea said it chose the setting for the "scenic confluence of the Han and Imjin rivers" that offer visitors a "unique place to relax amid nature".

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

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

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

In one of pop music’s oddest confluences, future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones sat in on that 1964 recording session, years before the band came together.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2025

Harel's focus on the confluences of Darwin's life rather than its conflicts offers a refreshing take on his legacy.

From Scientific American Oct. 15, 2022

So it has a lot of really wonderful confluences.

From Washington Post Oct. 5, 2021

Occasions formed confluences with other occasions: social, political, and personal themes that would make "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" more than just a movie.

From Salon May 26, 2019

And he came out into a great amphitheater into which jutted huge towering corners of a confluences of intersecting canyons.

From Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey




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