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confluence

[kon-floo-uhns] / ˈkɒn flu əns /


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The confluence of Day’s songs, Herrmann’s score and Benjamin’s cantata demolished the cliché of cinema music needing to stay in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

It's a confluence of factors starting with consultants often inaccurately projecting potential demand, says Verma.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

The confluence of these three developments — oil above $100 a barrel, a 2-year yield above the fed funds rate, and a bear-steepening dynamic in the bond market — is making some investors nervous.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

“A confluence of challenges has been weighing on the U.S. equity market,” said Lori Calvasina, head of U.S. equity strategy at RBC Capital Markets.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

It stands to reason, then, that somewhere along that street should be a spot corresponding to the ancient city’s main crossing, the confluence of the Street of the Soma and the east—west-running Canopic Way.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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