as in merging
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one
the merger of the two companies will create the largest Internet service provider in the country
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Recent Examples of merger
Ellison and his team have vowed to make $6 billion in cuts following the merger.
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
The merger between Fiat Chrysler and France’s Groupe PSA in 2021 was named Stellantis and included the 14 brands.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
With the merger of Viacom18 and Disney’s Indian operations having removed the primary source of competitive tension from the previous auction, the dynamics that drove the 2022 price surge are unlikely to repeat.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 May 2026
For the Pepsi-Cola brand—which originated in 1893 and became a corporate entity after its 1965 merger with Frito-Lay—innovation is a core element of the company’s success.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 25 May 2026
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
The merger between Fiat Chrysler and France’s Groupe PSA in 2021 was named Stellantis and included the 14 brands.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
With the merger of Viacom18 and Disney’s Indian operations having removed the primary source of competitive tension from the previous auction, the dynamics that drove the 2022 price surge are unlikely to repeat.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 May 2026
For the Pepsi-Cola brand—which originated in 1893 and became a corporate entity after its 1965 merger with Frito-Lay—innovation is a core element of the company’s success.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merger
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That is problematic because the feeding and merging processes that allow black holes to grow to supermassive status had always been thought to take longer than 1 billion years.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
28 May 2026
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But in this merging process, several threads have been left behind.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Only federal student loans can be included in a federal Direct consolidation loan.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Another one is whether a sale would spur other consolidation within exhibition, a sector that’s been relatively quiet post-COVID.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Of course, in 1915, Newton's theory of gravity was supplanted by Einstein's geometric theory of gravity, general relativity, which sees this fundamental force arise from the curvature of the fabric of spacetime (the four-dimensional unification of space and time) caused by objects with mass.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 May 2026
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Sardinia’s unification, in the mid-1800s, with what would become the Kingdom of Italy is seen by many as an act of colonization.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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At its center is a character called the Lizard Demon, an amalgamation of powerful, predatory men.—
Alison Weinflash,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
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Bass is an amalgamation of electronic music, featuring stylings such as dubstep and trap.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The results demonstrate a scalable method for incoherent beam combining.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Merger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merger. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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