as in solidarity
a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding
gradually established a feeling of communion with her fellow physicians
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Recent Examples of communion
The communion chalice and plate held special significance.
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Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024
Today, 3,000 maple trees cover the property, which recalls another special Japanese phrase: shinrin-yoku, forest bathing, an act of communion with all things arboreal.
—Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
Learning to play guitar through those tracks was an act of communion, every strum bringing him closer to his father John Lennon, who was killed in December 1980.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
This is the Miami of sos pwa served over rice at the family dinner table, of griot brought to the communion party of a young relative.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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Other actresses have issued a joint statement of solidarity with Lively.Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Jan. 2025
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To be in solidarity with those who suffer is to exemplify the spirit of Notre Dame.Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 1 Jan. 2025
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In it, Elphaba and Galinda profess their undying friendship; suffice it to say that Grande found the notion of treating her co-star with violent hostility an acting challenge.Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
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As Mars retrogrades back into Cancer on Jan. 6, your 11th house of friendships and social causes lights up.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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As the poet Robert Burns well knew, Christmas, and the twilight days of each year, is a time for rejoicing in the possibilities of fellowship but also for a kind of sadness in the memories of the loved and lost.The Editors, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
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So many communities were in desperate need for months following that powerful storm and this team of volunteers remained, providing the comfort of delicious food and fellowship.Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
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Abundance in all areas of life, unity, calm and peace worldwide, and a bag of delicious no calories potato chips!Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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His impromptu words during the ceremony reflected a profound understanding of the menorah's symbolism — that even in the darkest moments, light and unity can prevail.Fox News, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
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His participation in last year's trilateral summit at Camp David with U.S. President Joe Biden and former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida marked the beginning of a fragile rapprochement.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Sometimes this rapprochement has taken the form of an easing of previous obstacles.Michael Wahid Hanna, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2024
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What To Know Apple CEO Tim Cook, who built rapport with Trump during his first four years in office, is donating $1 million to his inauguration, Axios reported this past Friday.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Facilities without that rapport might see ombudsmen as people just trying to stir up problems, Earl said.Jess Huff, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Communion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communion. Accessed 12 Jan. 2025.
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