as in to relate
to form a close personal relationship
after a week in the wilderness, the scouts were really starting to commune with nature
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Recent Examples of commune
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Let’s further stipulate that communing with celebrity, ideally very talented celebrity, has been a part of what Broadway has been selling for a century or more.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
Alexandra Hurtado, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
The husband and wife couple that founded the group, called the Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps, were hippies who met in 1971 at a back-to-the-land commune outside Sacramento.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
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Verb
Let’s further stipulate that communing with a celebrity, ideally a very talented celebrity, has been a part of what Broadway has been selling for a century or more.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Let’s further stipulate that communing with celebrity, ideally very talented celebrity, has been a part of what Broadway has been selling for a century or more.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
According to the Los Angeles Times, Peter was shuttled between his mom's movie sets and his dad's commune during his childhood.
—Alexandra Hurtado, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
The husband and wife couple that founded the group, called the Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps, were hippies who met in 1971 at a back-to-the-land commune outside Sacramento.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commune
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Early in her address, Kornbluth talked about how people relate stories to her, of how MIT changed their lives.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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This is also an excellent day for creative work or coming up with new approaches to medicine or something that is health-related.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
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Whether stolen, borrowed, or bought, public trash cans from various cities—New York, Berlin, Rome, and Bolzano—are sparsely distributed across the hall.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Now, events take place in big cities, suburbs and small towns around the world.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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As of Thursday, Barberena bonded out of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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Samara told me that the two of you bonded over the fact that Radio Silence killed you both in Scream movies.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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Buffalo Bill State Park is located in the quaint nearby town of Cody, just a 15-minute drive from Shoshone—sunrise and sunset from the park aren’t to be missed.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Picard was stationed at a seaside resort in Bournemouth, a town on England’s south coast, as the weeks ticked down to D-Day.—
Kevin Maurer,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
31 May 2026
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And that, apparently, was where everything clicked into place.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
31 May 2026
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The eldest grandchild of the late Queen Elizabeth wed Harriet, a nurse, in a private ceremony on Saturday, June 6, at All Saints Church in Kemble, a village in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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In Caulfeild village, West Vancouver’s shoreline feels especially elemental, where private homes sit between the city’s vibrancy and the coast’s wilder instincts.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Incorporated into the city in 1860, this former hamlet was the haunt of Molière and the literati, and later a hotbed of Art Nouveau residences by architect Hector Guimard (the creator of Paris’s iconic Métro entrances).—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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And there are places that are called boroughs and districts and neighborhoods and towns and hamlets.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 May 2026
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“Commune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commune. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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