as in consolidations
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 mergers
This, coupled with the fact that dark stars could have existed before normal stars, would allow supermassive black holes to form much faster than the standard chain of black hole mergers thought to create supermassive black holes.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2026
As Piskorski noted, that environment makes mergers and the cost savings associated with them even more appealing.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 14 Jan. 2026
Blocking mergers to protect luxury handbag markets or attacking low-margin grocers for price gouging were misplaced efforts.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
The combination of the two small, budget airlines comes as low-cost carriers have struggled with high costs and competition in recent years, putting pressure on some to seek out growth and scale through mergers.
—Niraj Chokshi, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
Thill noted that improving regulatory and tax policies, solid organic software growth, synergies from recent mergers and acquisitions and key wins in generative AI consulting are also supporting management’s optimism.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026
There may be more school mergers in the years to come, especially in light of a law to lower class sizes.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2026
For instance, red geysers that showed signs of galaxy interactions or past minor mergers contained much more inflowing gas.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
Under reporting requirements to antitrust enforcers, companies are obligated to provide notice of large mergers, including hostile bids.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mergers
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The deal, if approved, would mark one of the largest media consolidations in recent years and fundamentally reshape Netflix’s business model to include traditional theatrical distribution for the first time in the company’s history.—
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While input costs have risen substantially from tariffs, Maxwell said the reason behind rising fertilizer and seed prices have more to do with corporate consolidations and monopolies dominating the input industry.—
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Before that, were there additional unifications that occurred?—
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“Mergers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mergers. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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