confluence
Example Sentences
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Where tall acacias once cast cool shade over a wetland just upstream from the confluence of the Blue and White Nile, barren ground now lies exposed, criss-crossed by people gathering whatever wood remains.
From Barron's
She has since chalked it up to a confluence of factors, from weather to Covid to the strangeness of competing in China, far away from the World Cup circuit.
George Atallah attended 16 consecutive Super Bowls when he was an executive at the NFL Players Association, and he laughed hysterically when he learned about this confluence of events.
While apart, their working lives — his at sea, hers on land — speak to a confluence of the elemental and the man-made.
From Los Angeles Times
This system worked well until 2019, when a confluence of corporate tax payments and Treasury settlements triggered a scramble for cash.
From Barron's
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