How to Use merge in a Sentence

merge

verb
  • Three lanes of traffic all merge at this point.
  • Along the coast the mountains gradually merge with the shore.
  • The two banks merged to form one large institution.
  • She merged into the crowd and disappeared.
  • Many small companies have been forced to merge.
  • To save the business, the owners decided to merge it with one of their competitors.
  • Day slowly merged into night.
  • The lakehouse merges with the best of both worlds.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Heavy winds fanned the flames and merged the two fires into one.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
  • If talent is scarce, merge to capture it.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Schools have been advised to merge classes to plug staffing gaps.
    — New York Times, 9 Jan. 2022
  • But as adults, it’s been very fulfilling to merge.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Why in the world didn’t the rival leagues simply merge?
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Wimmer said the idea to merge the schools has come up every few years.
    — Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The difference is that with more episodes, the bad merges with the good.
    — Matthew Razak, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Others will merge with each other.
    — Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Near the end of that game, her adult and child forms merge and then disappear.
    — Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Unitree's approach tries to merge both.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • If demand is soft, merge to cut costs and gain pricing power.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Many others are waiting for their account merge to go through.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Just do half first and sit in a left-turn lane to merge right eventually.
    — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But this group now plans to talk with the bipartisan group to merge their ideas.
    — Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Over time, these black holes grow by feeding on gas and merging with others.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The deal would, if completed, merge two of Italy’s largest lenders.
    — Matt Clinch, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Follow all signs and instructions to merge, slow down, or stop.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Follow all signs and instructions to merge, slow down, or stop.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Follow all signs and instructions to merge, slow down, or stop.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Follow all signs and instructions to merge, slow down, or stop.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Open kitchens in part were designed to merge the two spaces, kitchens and dining rooms.
    — ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Pulling out to pass, need more urge to merge with freeway traffic, want more zip away from a stop light?
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2023

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