as in collective
used or done by a number of people as a group
a combined effort on the part of all of the members
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as in fused
to come together to form a single unit
the room's highly varied design elements combine to form a harmonious whole
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as in merged
to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout
combine the sugar and flour in a bowl
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for combined
Adjective
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One calendar year ago, coming off of that surprisingly competitive 2023-24 season, Briere cautioned against the group taking a collective step forward.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025 -
Dissanayake attributes the rise in ego-scrolling to the loneliness epidemic and a collective increase in stress and unhappiness among young adults.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Once a star has fused the helium in its core fully, an inert carbon-oxygen core arises, with helium burning in a shell around it and hydrogen burning in a shell around that.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Apr. 2025
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The final effect, roughly akin to Jacques Cousteau fused with Mark Cousins, will bemuse some and beguile many.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2025
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Google merged DeepMind with Google Brain, another AI research unit at the search company, to become Google DeepMind in April 2023.—
Hayden Field,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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Several creative circles merged in the Red Room at KGB Bar in the East Village of Manhattan on a recent March evening.—
Savannah Sobrevilla,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The institutions have co-signed a joint letter amid legal fights over the Trump administration's attempts to force through governance and leadership changes at colleges under the threat of frozen federal funding.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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In his previous term in office, Trump took the unprecedented step of refusing to join fellow G-7 leaders in the traditional joint communiqué issued at the end of a summit.—
Ngaire Woods,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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As a Mexican and Jewish American woman from West Rogers Park, I am deeply connected to and proud of my roots.—
Jennifer Guzman,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2025
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At the Brand Library and Art Museum, stalks of grass connected to mechanical blocks on the ground moved according to Martian wind patterns recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
4 Jan. 2025
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The most robust effort to date comes from Germany’s Deutsche Fußball Liga, with a mandatory environmental sustainability criteria being integrated into club licensing regulations for Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 in 2022.—
Claire Poole,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Wilmore and Williams were integrated with the Crew-9 mission in September under a plan NASA laid out months ago.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
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My campaign is rooted in our shared vision for District 6, one that is focused on safer neighborhoods, a sustainable cost of living, and smart, responsible growth—ensuring that our city remains a great place to live, work, be educated and invest in.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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While the situation is anything but a laughing matter, the commenters of the shared Reddit post had many jokes about the incident.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The Charlotte Observer Roderick Boone joined the Observer in September 2021 to cover the Charlotte Hornets and NBA.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2025
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Over 300 lenders have joined the waitlist to use Arc Intelligence.—
Don Muir,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Combined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/combined. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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