confluence

Example Sentences

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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

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 • Feb. 19, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

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 • Feb. 6, 2026

It was near dark when they reached it, at the cross-roads north of the great confluence of the Trident.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin