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join

[join] / dʒɔɩn /




Usage

What are other ways to say join? The verb join may refer to a connection or association of any degree of closeness, but often implies direct contact: One joins two pieces of wood mortise together at the corner. Connect implies a joining as by a tie, link, or wire: One connects two batteries. Unite implies a close joining of two or more things, so as to form one: One unites layers of veneer sheets to form plywood.

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At the start of June, the commander of Vlasenko’s company, a 31-year-old captain known as Naum, dispatched him to replace an injured soldier at a front-line dugout and join another soldier, Andriy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The C-130 Hercules plane left the Indonesian capital Jakarta for East Kalimantan province on Thursday to join local water-bombing efforts, the Indonesian disaster agency chief said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

The division announced Thursday that Daly will join co-anchor Laura Jarrett, feature anchor Joe Fryer and meteorlogist Angie Lassman on the Saturday edition of its morning franchise starting this weekend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

But the Nottingham Forest midfielder was called up as a late replacement after a number of high profile pull-outs and left a family holiday to join up with the Three Lions squad.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

I was happy for her, and if I wanted her to share her happiness with me then there was only one way of making that happen: I would join them.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Jobe, 21, joins his brother Jude in the England squad - and they could be the first pair of siblings to feature in an England line-up since Gary and Phil Neville.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Kaya, his enormous Tibetan mastiff, joins us on the couch.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Weil joins a very short list of major firms that have collapsed—including Dewey & LeBoeuf, which employed more than 1,000 lawyers at its peak and filed for bankruptcy in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Nearly a minute elapses before a keyboard figure joins the fray, and even then it takes the form of short, sharp, jazz-tinged bursts within the increasingly layered percussive texture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

I strum my guitar and sing Celia Cruz’s “La vida es un carnaval,” and my mom joins in.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

More than 400,000 workers from sectors ranging from car-making to mechanical engineering joined strikes and rallies across Germany this week calling for better pay and conditions, their union said Friday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

She has also joined with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and some Republicans lawmakers in pushing to raise the limit on deposit insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The incident happened on Wednesday, two days after Dedic - who joined from Benfica for a fee in the region of £30m in August - had played in Newcastle's 1-0 home defeat by Everton.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Emery, a former Arsenal, Sevilla and Paris St-Germain boss, joined Villa in 2022 from Villarreal.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

If someone showed particular interest in a piece and I needed to move on to another guest, I’d send them over to talk to Mr. Lew—and Ba, once he joined us freshly washed and groomed.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

They added to an avalanche of selling, joining hedge-fund firms, rookie investors and other money managers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Before joining the University of Missouri, Lin conducted experiments involving mice that carried APOE4.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

Then on Thursday, Eisenkot and the two Arab leaders—Mansour Abbas of United Arab List and Yousef Jabareen of Joint List—announced they were joining forces after all.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

Baird is selected at blind-side flanker, joining Timoney and Jansen in the back row.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

While I appreciated their commitment to furthering their education, the fact that they hadn’t showered before joining the class grossed me out.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin


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