How to Use confluence in a Sentence

confluence

noun
Definition of confluencenext
Synonyms for confluencenext
  • Then, in 1963, came a confluence of events that would change his life.
    — Daniel Lewis, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • That our city is at the confluence of two rivers, namely the Willamette and the Columbia?
    — oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The confluence of factors could lead to some sort of a breakthrough.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
  • But in Puerto Carreño, the small city at the confluence of the Meta and Orinoco rivers, there’s no lab to run blood tests for mercury.
    — Diana Durán, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • And in a rare confluence, the country may also be the best place to look for solutions.
    — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The researchers noted that this could have been due to a confluence of factors.
    — Julia Zorthian, Time, 20 Oct. 2022
  • He and his wife, Susette, also a river guide, were married at the confluence of the Green and Colorado rivers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The storage project and new power plant have been in the planning stages for more than a decade, the result of a confluence of factors.
    — Henry Fountain Nina Riggio, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Both sides on the ballot question say a confluence of factors led to the result.
    — Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022
  • All the riverine words (confluence, mouth) take on new meanings now.
    — Melissa Cundieff, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Perhaps the most useful confluence of Dad and Coach, though, is on the recruiting trail.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The confluence of cultures is carried out in the hotel’s dining venues as well.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The weary and bedraggled men reached the confluence of these two majestic rivers on Sunday, April 26.
    — Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
  • People perch on every rock in the river, the sheer volume of migrants laid bare in one confluence.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • This confluence of the muddy and clear echoes the gradual softening of his heart.
    — Joshua Minsoo Kim, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024
  • It is surrounded by water thanks to its location by the confluence of the Neuse and Trent Rivers, and the city has more than its fair share of greenery.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Yet the very prominence of this theme makes the confluence of hip-hop’s mid-century mark and Dave Jolicoeur’s death all the more unsettling.
    — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Jen Perez woke up on Wednesday morning to a perfect confluence of events — a night of heavy rains and high tide coming in just when her kids had to go to school.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The predator had likely trotted over from the dry Gila River bed above its confluence with the Colorado.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The rise is due to a confluence of factors, according to grocery experts.
    — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Yet this progress is now threatened by a confluence of dire budget trends in our nation’s school districts.
    — Tom Davidson, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Punakha Dzong is among the most beautiful fortresses in Bhutan, built at the confluence of two rivers to thwart invasions from Tibet.
    — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 8 June 2023
  • New Braunfels was founded by German immigrants in 1845 at the confluence of the Comal and Guadalupe rivers.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The confluence of those highly unusual forces would keep the S&P just as richly priced at the close of 2022 as at its all-time highs when Goldman laid its marker.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The volatility in gilts spilled into U.S. Treasurys, which slumped—part of a confluence of factors that propelled the 10-year Treasury note above 4% for the first time in more than a decade.
    — Matt Grossman, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2022
  • His community was at war with an isolated tribe just beyond the confluence of the Ituí and Itaquaí rivers.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The town of Harpers Ferry, which sits at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, serves as a convenient base for those eager to access the park's 22 miles of hiking trails.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The confluence of factors forcing inflation up around the world pose a challenge to any country trying to solve it.
    — Greg Ip, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The closeness of the race in deep-blue Oregon reflects an unusual confluence of factors.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • For multi-hue schemes, include plenty of white to tame the color confluence, like the furniture in this cute girls' bedroom idea.
    — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2024

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