confluence
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But they came under particular pressure Friday thanks to a confluence of disparate developments worldwide, dragging down major indexes from Tokyo to New York, with the S&P 500 dropping 1.2% from Thursday’s all-time high.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
It's a confluence of factors starting with consultants often inaccurately projecting potential demand, says Verma.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Khartoum, a metropolis of 7 million, sits at the confluence of tributaries, a sort of Pittsburgh-on-the-Nile.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
A report released this week by JP Morgan’s strategic research team highlighted a confluence of factors related to AI that risk widening gender gaps and could dent the promise of AI.
From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026
Farther along we come to the confluence of the Little Delaware and the West Branch, and Bando takes out his compass and map again.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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com-, con-
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