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adjective

as in connected

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verb

past tense of join
1
as in adjoined
to be adjacent to the condo complex joins the golf course

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2
as in entered
to become a member of we're always looking for new people to join our book club

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as in combined
to come together to form a single unit one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms join to make one water molecule

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as in collaborated
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end nations joining to bring aid to the earthquake-devastated region

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as in coupled
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole the plan is to join the various bike paths so that cyclists can travel from one end of the cape to the other

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Recent Examples of joined
Adjective
Jones, the former Apple exec who recently re-joined Amazon, padded out the programming wish list. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026 Kar, the company’s CEO, was a founding team member at Palo Alto Networks and oversaw Juniper Networks’ entire Ethernet portfolio before the two joined forces at Auradine, a blockchain and AI chip startup where Upscale was incubated. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 22 June 2026 The 28-year-old has won eight Grands Prix across nine seasons for Ferrari, having initially joined the joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2016. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 3 June 2026 The rising senior joined teammate Giacomo Sanfilippo, a linebacker, as the first three commitments from the Orlando area’s 2027 class. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026 During the surgery following the colonoscopy, Shaknovsky did not perform a routine test, which would have ensured there were no leaks in a newly joined intestine, according to the complaint. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026 Then more joined, and soon full teams of girls were going up against the boys. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026 At times, groups of works are organized around joined tables, on top of which are placed perishables preserved in lead, resin, or plaster. — Li Qi, Artforum, 6 Mar. 2026 The spacious joined apartments became the childhood home of Prince William and Prince Harry, whose nursery spanned the top floor. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
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With the property's May 2019 opening, Boston joined New York City, San Francisco, Miami, and Beverly Hills as the fifth city with two Four Seasons (the older Boston Four Seasons is located on Boston's Boylston Street). — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Garfield was joined at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall by Guadagnino, writer Simon Rich and actors Yura Borisov (as OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever), Ike Barinholtz (as Elon Musk) and Cooper Hoffman (as OpenAI president Greg Brockman). — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026 Tinari recently joined Tai Kwun as deputy director and head of art of Tai Kwun Arts in February 2026. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Student unions have called for a third day of nationwide protest on Tuesday, joined by several teachers’ unions. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026 McCombe joined InterTalent following roles at Insanity and IMG, while Bendien began her career at Gleam Futures. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 After extensive renovations in 2018, The Swag joined Relais & Châteaux in 2020, and now makes its first appearance on the Michelin Guide, with two Michelin keys. — Tim Chan, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Baucom is a Charlotte native who graduated from Independence High School in 1989, and joined the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office in 1992, officials said. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026 Funko’s sales had fallen 22% year over year in the second quarter of 2025, just before Simon joined, and the company had ousted its previous CEO that summer. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joined
  1. connected
  2. adjoined
  3. entered
  4. combined
  5. collaborated
  6. coupled
  7. associated
  8. flanked
Adjective
  • Couples who match through the program are offered vouchers for subsequent dates, access to follow-up activities tied to festivals around Seoul, as well as an online and offline community where participants can stay connected.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Even so, every connected service adds another place where an AI assistant may interact with your personal information.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of connected
Verb
  • Then, another 20-year-old man, Daktari Rose Deacon, of Hyde Park, left a bathroom that adjoined the bedroom, according to police, who searched the bathroom and found another loaded firearm with an extended magazine.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 July 2026
  • Two double bedrooms and a single bedroom are tucked at the end of the main floor, and are adjoined by a large outdoor terrace.
    — Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026
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  • The two entered a room full of mathematicians who were well supplied with lunch, snacks, and coffee and got to work.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Eric Evans, a six-year employee of the police department, entered a guilty plea Wednesday for five misdemeanor charges of misconduct.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of entered
Verb
  • Chiefs defensive back Jaden Hicks and Delane combined to make the tackle.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
  • When the pulses met at an angle of 45 degrees, their electric fields combined in a way that made the resulting light field oscillate in all three spatial directions.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of combined
Verb
  • Roberts collaborated with renowned flute player Katisse Buckingham, who played jazz flute and Tim Loo, who assembled a group of musicians.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Designers such as Jean-Paul Gaultier and Matières Fécales’ Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran — who have recently collaborated with Louboutin — also joined to show support for the shoe master.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of collaborated
Verb
  • Later that same year, the researchers coupled their thorium apparatus to an optical atomic clock, proving that these excited nuclei can serve as high-precision timekeepers.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The uptick in ridership was kneecapped by the company’s tension between the need to raise fares and its need to bring in more passengers, wrote Fitch Ratings in its analysis that coupled a credit downgrading earlier this year.
    — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of coupled
Adjective
  • But appropriate counseling depends on the precise diagnosis, gestational age, associated abnormalities, prognosis and maternal circumstances.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Wildfires California created first-in-the-nation standards to test and remediate homes damaged by wildfire smoke and to require insurance companies to pay for associated costs.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of associated
Verb
  • The MacArthur Causeway, three and a half miles of road between downtown Miami and South Beach, is flanked by two examples of the region’s struggles to build.
    — Jay Newman, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Raffaele Rossetti, who has been serving as Pinalli’s chief executive officer since 2018, will lead the retailer’s next phase flanked by Borletti, who will assume the role of chairman of the company that currently employs more than 800 people.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
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“Joined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joined. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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