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mergers

noun

plural of merger

as in consolidations

the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one the merger of the two companies will create the largest Internet service provider in the country

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Recent Examples of mergers But these mergers are far too rare to explain the abundance of heavier elements in the universe. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Neoclouds would not be going out of business en masse, Lovelock reiterated, but could be subject to consolidation, such as takeovers and mergers. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, the mergers and acquisitions (M&A )team may be going through request for proposal (RFP) processes and testing what systems or services will actually cost once the business is operating independently. — Simon Wells, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The board's vote comes on the heels of an announcement from Minnesota State Chancellor Scott Olson last month of a systemwide redesign that will likely include campus closures, mergers or consolidated administrative services. — CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 It’s been a dynamic year with a varied complexion of transactions, from mega-mergers to portfolio pruning through corporate divestitures. — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 The debt burden also includes more than $18 billion in obligations leftover from past mergers. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Discovering more of these extreme X-ray flashes could help astronomers determine how often magnetars are formed through these neutron star mergers, Passaleva said in the statement. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Some of the most cataclysmic events in the cosmos, such as mergers of supermassive black holes, should produce a very specific gravitational wave signature, according to general relativity. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026

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Insurance broker Rash believes this rating overhaul is accelerating plan consolidations across Florida.

— Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
Address chronic absenteeism and declining enrollment by strengthening neighborhood schools, strategic consolidations with community input and adequate resources.

— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

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