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connect

[kuh-nekt] / kəˈnɛkt /


Usage

What are other ways to say connect? The verb connect implies a joining as by a tie, link, or wire: One connects two batteries. Join may refer to a connection or association of any degree of closeness, but often implies direct contact: One joins two pieces of wood mortise together at the corner. Unite implies a close joining of two or more things, so as to form one: One unites layers of veneer sheets to form plywood.

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Every exercise machine in the gym had a slot to connect your iPod directly to a personalized sound system.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

"Her music is really powerful and it really helps connect people together," Tara said.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

In many regions, new data centers may not be able to connect to the grid until the 2030s.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“And that’s actually really hard to do and connect the tissue of all of it and have emotional stakes.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

“I wanted you all to connect to these words in personal ways, not just the scientific ways that we read about.”

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

The experiment connects two areas of physics that normally describe very different scales.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

It connects buyers and sellers, taking a cut from each.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

“Nothing connects great talent with audiences more directly. ATG has built one of the world’s great theater businesses around that experience. This is a long-term bet on where live goes next.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

The rack-scale system connects 72 of Nvidia’s Rubin GPUs with 36 of its Vera central processing units.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

“And maybe it connects with Big Dub’s clue...with the Oilers or that guy Mackey!”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

Stopping one connected structure is also simpler than stopping three separate quarks, making such an interaction more likely, according to Tribedy.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

Police said they are not pursuing anyone else connected to the incident.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

She described the incident as particularly serious because recipients were identifiable as people connected to a highly sensitive criminal investigation.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

And while social status and widespread name recognition can help, they are hardly a guarantee, according to some people connected to the club.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

My arm is no longer physically connected to me, but my brain is still able to control and monitor its movement.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

According to the new study, published in Science, baryon number may be associated with a Y-shaped "junction" of gluons connecting the proton's three main quarks.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

Smith has even avoided taking connecting flights through American cities to other destinations.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Those stocks recently derated to 22 times forward earnings, despite networks connecting billions of consumers and value-added services that drive 30% to 40% of revenues.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

We see how, when people are at their lowest moments in the hospital, they’re watching TV, they’re connecting with characters, with their family members, in these rooms.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

For the next three miles, the walk was mostly along a lofty ridgeline connecting Greylock to Mount Williams.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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