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conjoined

[kuhn-joind] / kənˈdʒɔɪnd /






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The conjoined entrance into the NBA of Bird and Magic in 1979 went a long way toward saving a league in free fall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

They married in 1954, but it wasn’t until 1963 that the conjoined career of Stiller and Maera took off, with an appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

A parasitic twin is an underdeveloped conjoined twin that relies entirely on the host twin for survival.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

He also claimed that in 2002 he helped bring conjoined newborns from Guatemala to Los Angeles, where they underwent an incredibly complicated, highly publicized surgery.

From Slate • May 29, 2024

As once a double shadow had leapt up against a mountainside, now a similarly conjoined shadow moved across the back porch of the house on Hurlbut.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides