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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Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Miami Beach’s newest park, built on the site of a long-shuttered par 3 golf course, offers many of the typical attractions — tennis courts, places to commune with nature, walk the dogs or play with the kids.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
Apparently some people communed with spirits to locate the first underground oil reserves.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 23 Apr. 2025
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Verb
For a number of years, my grandfather, the son of a Conservative rabbi, lived on an inter-faith commune in New Mexico.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Miami Beach’s newest park, built on the site of a long-shuttered par 3 golf course, offers many of the typical attractions — tennis courts, places to commune with nature, walk the dogs or play with the kids.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
Noun
In Cannes, at least, artists communing over fine food and wine is still the last refuge.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
Apparently some people communed with spirits to locate the first underground oil reserves.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commune
Verb
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As of July 23, Paytas has not addressed the theory relating her youngest child, Aquaman, to Osbourne.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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It is not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.—
Lauren Huff Published,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Unlike many cities, Cincinnati still has its 19th-century beer tunnels.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
21 July 2025
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Paris is a city that travelers often approach with high expectations.—
Maddy Odom,
Travel + Leisure,
20 July 2025
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Jackson bonded with Ballard as both of them grew up in the Atlanta area.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
13 July 2025
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Sharpe bonded with the character, Felix, in Dunham’s scripts and worked with Felber to write his character’s songs on the show.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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Deputies responded to a residence in Hilliard, a small town northwest of Jacksonville, around 8 p.m. Thursday, but got no response from anyone inside and found multiple shooting victims upon entering, Leeper said.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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The book is a loose spinoff to the author’s 2024 enemies-to-lovers romance How My Neighbor Stole Christmas, about two rivals who meet while competing in their town's annual holiday contest.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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To log in, click here. SubscribeSign in SubscribeLog in RevContent Feed Most Popular More in Politics Trump urged supporters to see conspiracies everywhere.—
Gabriella Fine,
Baltimore Sun,
15 July 2025
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To read how Newsweek uses AI as a newsroom tool, click here.—
Matthew Impelli,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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Inviting locations include the coastal villages of Dingle and Tralee in the southwest, the coastal city of Waterford in the southeast, and the Dublin suburb of Bray.—
William P. Barrett,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Everything is peaches and cream in Smurfs village, where the beloved Smurfette (voiced by Rihanna) lives, until the evil Gargamel takes Papa Smurf (John Goodman).—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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Nestled in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as part of Virginia’s Piedmont region, Orange is a quiet hamlet of around 5,000 folks that’s within easy driving distance of more populated locales like Charlottesville (20 miles), Richmond (60 miles), and Washington, D.C. (70 miles).—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
17 July 2025
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The hamlet of Oyster Bay, on the North Shore of Long Island, is pleasant, verging on twee.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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“Commune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commune. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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