How to Use confluence in a Sentence

confluence

noun
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  • Watel said it’s a confluence of the right people in the right place at the right time.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Signs on the low wall mark the confluence of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 19 July 2024
  • What about the confluence of those things appeals to you?
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 16 July 2022
  • Then, in 1963, came a confluence of events that would change his life.
    — Daniel Lewis, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • That our city is at the confluence of two rivers, namely the Willamette and the Columbia?
    — oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Martin Landing is near the confluence of the Boise, Owyhee and Snake rivers.
    — Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2024
  • The confluence of factors could lead to some sort of a breakthrough.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The issue stems from a confluence of events, much of it tied to the pandemic.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Both CEOs said the strength of this new venture stems from the confluence of their large data sets.
    — Julie Coleman, CNBC, 24 July 2024
  • So, for many reasons, there was a confluence of events that that led to that record slipping through the cracks.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 15 July 2024
  • The boom comes due to a confluence of forces, experts noted.
    — Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
  • What is the nickname for the city of Cohoes, which sits at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers? — Know the answer?
    — Jimmy Vielkind, WSJ, 16 May 2021
  • But in Puerto Carreño, the small city at the confluence of the Meta and Orinoco rivers, there’s no lab to run blood tests for mercury.
    — Diana Durán, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • From our unique vantage point in Hong Kong at the confluence of East and West, the simple answer to that is no.
    — Russell Flannery, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Its headwaters are at the confluence of Knight Creek and Trout Creek.
    — Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
  • And in a rare confluence, the country may also be the best place to look for solutions.
    — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Biden was plain-spoken and direct about the confluence of crises the nation faces.
    — Jonathan Lemire, ajc, 23 Jan. 2021
  • Harry Burleigh’s original camp — the one near the confluence of Twin and Calf creeks — had been found.
    — Donovan Brink, oregonlive, 20 July 2021
  • According to the health experts, a confluence of factors have led to the surge.
    — Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The rise of Chalino Sánchez could be attributed to a confluence of events.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 7 July 2022
  • The researchers noted that this could have been due to a confluence of factors.
    — Julia Zorthian, Time, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The confluence of those two events possibly even heals Kendall — at least for now.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Fed by the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, the network of marshy lagoons gives the park its nickname.
    — Adam Erace, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2021
  • The drug deaths in San Francisco — about two a day — stem from a confluence of despair.
    — New York Times, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The confluence of events is really what put the strain on the entire supply chain.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Baseball insiders point to a confluence of factors that made high heat the hottest pitch in the game.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 3 June 2021
  • He and his wife, Susette, also a river guide, were married at the confluence of the Green and Colorado rivers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • There’s no grand confluence that made early 2022 the season of Keaton.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Ukrainian troops are losing ground around the crucial supply hub, which lies at the confluence of multiple highways leading to key cities in the eastern Donetsk region as well as an important railway station.
    — Vasilisa Stepanenko, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Ukrainian troops are losing ground around the crucial supply hub, which lies at the confluence of multiple highways leading to key cities in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region as well as an important railway station.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025

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