as in collective
used or done by a number of people as a group
a combined effort on the part of all of the members
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as in fused
to come together to form a single unit
the room's highly varied design elements combine to form a harmonious whole
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as in merged
to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout
combine the sugar and flour in a bowl
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for combined
Adjective
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Disaster response offers survivors a chance to find meaning in their hardships, to turn their personal losses into collective relief.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 July 2025 -
Since the 1970s, Israel's right-wing government policy has always been collective punishment by destroying buildings and forcing residents to move.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Once a star has fused the helium in its core fully, an inert carbon-oxygen core arises, with helium burning in a shell around it and hydrogen burning in a shell around that.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Apr. 2025
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The final effect, roughly akin to Jacques Cousteau fused with Mark Cousins, will bemuse some and beguile many.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Google merged DeepMind with Google Brain, another AI research unit at the search company, to become Google DeepMind in April 2023.—
Hayden Field,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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Several creative circles merged in the Red Room at KGB Bar in the East Village of Manhattan on a recent March evening.—
Savannah Sobrevilla,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The couple, who went public with their romance in 2022, shared the engagement news via a joint Instagram post on Sunday, July 13.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Get creative by considering exchanging a portion of your fees for equity, forming a joint venture, offering monthly retainers with upfront deposits, or redesigning your offer to include more value at a higher price point.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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As a Mexican and Jewish American woman from West Rogers Park, I am deeply connected to and proud of my roots.—
Jennifer Guzman,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2025
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President Joe Biden and others have said there is no evidence that the explosion was connected to the attack in New Orleans by an Army veteran that killed 14 people.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA TODAY,
4 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The most robust effort to date comes from Germany’s Deutsche Fußball Liga, with a mandatory environmental sustainability criteria being integrated into club licensing regulations for Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 in 2022.—
Claire Poole,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Wilmore and Williams were integrated with the Crew-9 mission in September under a plan NASA laid out months ago.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The idea that no one was born inherently superior, that status wasn’t tied to birth but to citizenship and shared rights, was a radical break in human history and a decisive rejection of Old World European ideology.—
Jared Nordlund,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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But the shared meals, coffee breaks, and casual conversations that once brought people together had quietly disappeared.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Verb
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Over 300 lenders have joined the waitlist to use Arc Intelligence.—
Don Muir,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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McIlroy joined Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, and of course, Tiger Woods.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Combined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/combined. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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