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convergence

[kuhn-vur-juhns] / kənˈvɜr dʒəns /


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“The convergence of recent innovation, a craving for nostalgia and millennial consumers entering higher-earning years are all driving forces,” the analysts said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Academia is also rushing to meet this convergence of capital and defense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Its narrow, "cheetah-like" build therefore appears to be a vivid case of evolutionary convergence, in which unrelated species independently develop similar features because they face comparable environmental pressures.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Instrumental convergence is the stuff on which nightmares are built, although I remain skeptical simply because of the overwhelming imperative of governments to protect their own prerogatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

It ushered in an age of musical convergence: our age.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Those convergences refer to Washington's sudden policy shift in engaging Russia directly.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025

“You have to be trying really hard not to see these convergences happening around us,” Taylor said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

These data enabled the team to analyse the evolutionary trajectories of these two species in order to detect possible convergences, i.e. cases of independent evolution of similar morphologies.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2023

The side-by-side visits of two East Asian leaders to two warring European capitals are just the latest in a growing list of convergences between Atlantic and Indo-Pacific alliances and rivalries.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

How are we to explain these and hundreds of similar phonetic convergences?

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir


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