as in collective
used or done by a number of people as a group
a joint effort by residents of the neighborhood to help reduce crime
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as in junction
a place where two or more things are united
the leak was found at a joint in the pipe
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as in penitentiary
slang
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
violate your probation and you'll be back in the joint in short order, loser
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Recent Examples of joint
Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
Reid and Edmonds launched LaFace Records in 1989 as a joint venture with Arista and became the label for chart-topping artists like Usher, OutKast, Pink, and Avril Lavigne.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
Jessie Quinn, Flow Space, 7 Nov. 2025
These muscles cross the back of the ankle joint and control how far your shin can move over your foot.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
The leaders of France, Britain and Germany also issued a joint statement condemning the killing of protesters.
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Starting with a heavier style can also cause stress on your joints when power walking or running.
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May’s fixations include fragmented narratives, portraits of place, boundaries and borders, and collective memory.—
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For decades, the landmark law that came out of the Civil Rights Movement has protected the collective voting power of racial minorities when political maps are redrawn.—
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When powered by concentrated sunlight via a triple-junction solar cell, the device produced hydrogen at a record rate of 519 micromoles per hour per square centimeter.—
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The wet weather, combined with an earlier storm over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, was also responsible for the shuttering of all lanes on a 27-mile stretch of the 101 Freeway extending from the junction of SR1 and Highway 1 to Winchester Canyon Road in Goleta due to heavy flooding.—
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Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.—
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This is a sanctuary, a place of calm.—
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But he was most likely transferred there to help publicize the new penitentiary, nicknamed The Rock.—
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James was on his way to pick up an immigrant in the federal penitentiary who had finished a criminal sentence.—
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The dispute was resolved after Singh agreed to provide additional context, explaining that the files were collaborative documents shared among participants through the messaging app Signal.—
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But it's always been very collaborative and just lovely.—
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Three people were killed and two others were hospitalized after two vehicles collided Saturday afternoon at an intersection on the American River Parkway near North Sacramento.—
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The neighborhood is near the intersection of Oakdale Road and Pleasant Grove Road in northwest Charlotte.—
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Hellyer however noted that for now Iran’s powerful security establishment remains intact.—
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The regime boasted about its security establishment, and yet, in June, Israel and the United States joined together to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities with almost no resistance.—
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According to online jail records, his bail was set at $250,000.—
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The cost of Kansas City’s temporary jail facility could jump by nearly $4 million as a city committee recommend additional funding and waiving environmental building standards to keep the project on track for completion before the 2026 FIFA World Cup.—
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“Joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joint. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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