conjuncture
Example Sentences
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What is happening in France now is the conjuncture of several crises at once: political, economic, and social – and that is what makes the moment feel so significant.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
For whatever set of reasons — it may have something to do with natural harbors or some other historical conjuncture — this idea of representative democracy was developed first in Europe.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2023
In Galileo’s words, this was "a marvelous conjuncture," because he could have his conviction that the Earth moved around the sun, and not the other way around, approved by the Pope himself.
From Scientific American • Jul. 9, 2021
NAU Police originally called it “an unattended death” and investigated the case in conjuncture with Flagstaff police and the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2018
It was in the first burst of Hickman O'Reilly's indignation against Government that he had secured O'Halloran as his counsel, never anticipating that any conjuncture would bring him once more into relations with the Ministry.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
