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as in to relate
to form a close personal relationship after a week in the wilderness, the scouts were really starting to commune with nature

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Verb
Walker’s store expanded and became something of a community hub, with large sofas on which kids and husbands communed while women shopped, often in groups. Christina Binkley, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025 Dump several feet of snow on this scene and suddenly all that communing with nature doesn’t sound fun at all. Maggie Fuller, AFAR Media, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
Why not live offshore, bobbing in a libertarian commune free from burdensome social obligations, such as taxes? Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025 Theaters are making donations to firefighters and first responders, sharing their surplus costume stock and offering their venues as donation centers and safe spaces to recharge and commune. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for commune
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commune
Verb
  • The keepers of the winter count are charged not only with recording new events but with relating the community’s history by translating the symbolized events to an oral performance.
    Christopher T. Green, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
  • During the sketch, Thompson called out the fact that Darius and Murphy's Morgan, who wore a shimmery red jacket and a comically large gold medallion, seemed like they might be related.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The band will play a total of 21 cities, including first-ever performances in Nashville, St. Louis, Baltimore, Montreal and Detroit, as well as multiple shows in Chicago, Dallas, Phoneix, San Jose and Miami.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
  • To a resident of the more anonymous and corporate post-pandemic New York, the East Village of the eighties could seem as small and intertwined as a walled city.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Whereas cars shut us off from other people, bikes open up opportunities to bond.
    Elizabeth Endicott, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Cu bump interconnect process to bond the silicon PD (Photodetector) pixels to the electronic readout circuit.
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Since Jimmy Butler moped his way out of town, the talent hasn’t been there.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The outbreak of tornadoes raked through towns under the cover of darkness — the most dangerous and deadly time for a tornado outbreak.
    Eric Zerkel, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Also,click here to subscribe to our newsletter bringing our top stories of the week straight to your inbox.
    Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
  • And to view this newsletter in your browser, click here.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On a map, her remote Alaskan village is called Port Alsworth.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
  • What To Know In recent days, Russian and North Korean troops have taken back control of several villages in the Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an incursion in August.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The tour also includes a spin around a Swiss hamlet as well as tomme d’alpage to take away.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Amagansett is a quaint 6.6 square-mile hamlet that is part of the larger town of East Hampton.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025

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“Commune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commune. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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