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commune

[kuh-myoon, kom-yoon] / kəˈmjun, ˈkɒm jun /




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Lan was an early adopter, diversifying his crop two decades ago and now boasting 400 durian trees in Ea Knuec commune, part of Dak Lak province.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

At a time of societal fracture and backsliding, “Liberation” offered audiences the opportunity to commune collectively with a watershed movement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

Proto-Town, a 1,200-acre campus in Lockhart, Texas, serves as a business commune for “hard tech” founders and was valued at $100 million last month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

There are around 30 of us, maybe more — all experiencing the soundscape of the quartz bowls; a tech-free hour designed for us to commune with memory, creativity and emotion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

They’d had an artists’ commune of two, and when Van Rappard left, Vincent knew he wanted that camaraderie again, with Van Rappard, and someday with others.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

“The Greeks believed that sleeping on a grave might give you dreams in which you communed with a spirit,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

Worshippers have already prayed and communed at the site on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island, while the general public will be allowed in next month.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

In point of fact, I communed with it even more meaningfully this time, and not merely because of the stagecraft or the sentimental pull of a theater world striving to be whole again.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2021

Well, he’s the man who played Locke in Lost – a character who communed with the evil that was a part of the island that show was set on.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2018

Did Muriel know she had communed with the Fairy Queen?

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Haddock told Salon that he grew up celebrating Juneteenth as a sort of church day, communing with his family and community.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026

Post-release he lives in self-exile in Bangkok, communing online with clients back in Myanmar.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

Although there are no figurative features at all, they appear to be communing among themselves and with you.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

The proposed court location is not, as Dahn states, in the middle of a shady grove of majestic giants, owls in every tree, people silently communing with nature.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2023

He spent hours communing with them, preening their feathers with a stick while sitting in the dust and gobbling softly at them.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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