as in solidarity
a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding
gradually established a feeling of communion with her fellow physicians
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Recent Examples of communion
As for the glass, the affinity is with communion wine.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Like a rare daylight-visible meteor, a brilliant red fireball flashed before my eyes, interrupting a mindless moment of communion with nature.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Mullally’s ceremony, for example, stressed ecumenism and unity in a communion fraught with tension over her historic and controversial appointment, and included readings and sections in Swahili, Urdu, and Spanish.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
For nearly a thousand years, the Church of England was aligned with the Catholic Church, until King Henry VIII broke communion with Rome in order to get a divorce and marry Anne Boleyn.
—Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Like a rare daylight-visible meteor, a brilliant red fireball flashed before my eyes, interrupting a mindless moment of communion with nature.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Mullally’s ceremony, for example, stressed ecumenism and unity in a communion fraught with tension over her historic and controversial appointment, and included readings and sections in Swahili, Urdu, and Spanish.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
For nearly a thousand years, the Church of England was aligned with the Catholic Church, until King Henry VIII broke communion with Rome in order to get a divorce and marry Anne Boleyn.
—Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communion
Noun
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Three Baltic pavilions at the 2026 Venice Biennale—Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia—organized a walk in solidarity with Ukraine on May 6, one of the exhibition’s preview days.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
7 May 2026
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Several Emiratis told me they were surprised by the solidarity coming from expats.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Men’s interests, appetites, jawlines, leg lengths, testosterone levels, and friendships or lack thereof have been the object of feverish media attention in the past couple of years.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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An emo band whose members might otherwise now be at their most stable and content, they still seem authentically driven by unbridled, urgent emotion—only now their breakups involve lawyers, and the friendship drama occurs between people who rely on each other for income.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
4 May 2026
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In the fall of 2026, Chanel will officially launch an annual, one-year fellowship in collaboration with the Guggenheim.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
6 May 2026
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The trailer sees Bourdain take a job at a restaurant in Provincetown, Massachusetts, out of desperation, shortly after graduating from high school and failing to land a writing fellowship.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
5 May 2026
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The pope has often called for peace and unity, condemning violence and war.—
Emily Guskin,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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Church was using a foreign landscape, in other words, to appeal for American unity.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The White House is attempting a rapprochement with Anthropic over its new AI model, Mythos.—
Benjamin Guggenheim,
Washington Post,
30 Apr. 2026
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Their rapprochement was in part motivated by Nelson’s personal history with Nesta, particularly an incident in 2024 where Nesta unsuccessfully attempted to press charges against Nelson’s wife for allegedly pushing him.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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But while Moore displays a sexy rapport with friendly Darla (Paris Jackson), RZA the screenwriter keeps letting down RZA the director by making his characters disappointingly cartoonish.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Fisher’s Amish roots and ability to speak Pennsylvania Dutch, the Old Order Amish dialect, has helped build rapport with likeminded musicians.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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“Communion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communion. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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