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confluence

[kon-floo-uhns] / ˈkɒn flu əns /


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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

“A confluence of headwinds—even if each individually is not strong enough to turn the cycle—can take a sluggish economy and make it a recessionary one.”

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 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

The prime minister's words yesterday are borne of a confluence of economics, politics and geopolitics as the UK starts a year that will mark the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 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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