MERGER Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

merger

noun

ˈmər-jər

Definition of merger

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the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one the merger of the two companies will create the largest Internet service provider in the country

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Recent Examples of merger Some of the most cataclysmic events in the cosmos, such as mergers of supermassive black holes, should produce a very specific gravitational wave signature, according to general relativity. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026 Before the merger closed, it was announced that Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence would star in that movie which is currently dated for an August 11, 2028 release. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 That followed Fitch Ratings’ downgrade of Skydance’s credit rating on Monday ahead of the merger’s close. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 After all, every previous studio merger had resulted in fewer films being made, not more. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for merger

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For larger workloads, batch processing can handle multiple files for tasks such as conversion, merging, compression, OCR, printing, encryption, and adding or removing watermarks.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Prediction markets enable a more complete merging of the financial with the social and linguistic than social media has been able to achieve.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of merging

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That created a sense of urgency for the remaining dozen or so communications employees tasked with pushing forward website consolidation under the new administration.

— Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
The combination also would position the three TV studios for future consolidation.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of consolidation

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Herald Square and Times Square are rapidly becoming one district, and a few curbside tourist attractions will only contribute to their unification.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026
Data, knowledge and AI unification has to be a mandate from leadership, not a project owned by a single team.

— Yu Fang, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of unification

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The design uses spectral beam combining, which merges several fiber-laser beams into a single high-power output.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
The combining of physical and digital systems is creating environments that require integration, intelligence and ongoing management.

— Dirk Naylor, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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