verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
together
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He hardly comprehended what had been happening; the reality and unreality merged together like a nightmare or a melodrama.
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During the 30 seconds they would begin together , gradually move apart and then merge together again.
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All these diverse atmospheres merge together beautifully to create a most delightful and unique East Lindsey market town.
■ NOUN
bank
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Small banks are also merging at a furious pace, a trend expected to continue in 1996.
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You must check your insurance when banks merge .
business
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The old Metal Box company merged its can-making business with Carnaud in 1989.
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The exercised shares, however, were then placed in a new performance plan created for the merged businesses .
company
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The old Metal Box company merged its can-making business with Carnaud in 1989.
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Although the two companies will merge financially, Bell said Excite would keep the McKinley name in cyberspace.
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The two companies have now merged into one - Grupo Cruzcampo - with three divisions, covering sales, marketing and operations.
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Hoge said that if this merger was approved, other local Bell companies also would merge .
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The companies will merge technology platforms, which will be more efficient and cut costs.
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Several rail companies have merged since mid-1994 in an effort to slim operations and bolster specific routes.
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Basil de Ferranti was chairman of the company until it merged with International Signal and Control, a takeover which he supported.
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Speculation continues that the company may merge or be taken over by another company, such as Sun Microsystems or Oracle Corp.
firm
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As financial firms merged , long-standing relationships with lawyers inevitably were threatened.
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I met Peter when our firms merged .
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Within six months, Edwin announced that his firm would soon be merging with the discounter that had been its chief nemesis.
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As a firm with which to merge , the underperforming Liggett is hardly alluring.
operation
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Some obstacles exist, however, such as merging their wireless operations .
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He added that there are no plans to merge the Ketchum public-relations operations with its existing public-relations agency, Porter Novelli.
party
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In Minnesota and Virginia, the Reform Party has merged with existing parties that are on the ballots.
plan
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The first phase of the plan merges the two railways into the new.
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The plan to merge Hemlo and Battle Mountain Gold has been in the works for two years.
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The United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, has argued that the two plans should be merged .
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The exercised shares, however, were then placed in a new performance plan created for the merged businesses.
■ VERB
agree
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Chairman John Snow, whose railroads agreed to merge and who have been fighting a Norfolk Southern counteroffer.
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Co. and Morgan Stanley Group Inc., announced they had agreed to merge .
begin
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The revolutionary Marxist ideology adopted by the intelligentsia began to merge with the working-class movement.
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This last instance of the stylistics of manner begins to merge into the stylistics of embellishment, self-reference or representation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After a while, the trail we were on merged with another, bigger trail.
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Expect delays where freeway traffic merges.
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He wanted to merge his company with a South African mining firm.
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In 1969, Cadbury merged with Schweppes, changing the whole character of the company.
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The library profession is merging new techniques with old to produce an unbeatable combination of management skills.
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The store is just near where South Street merges with Washburn Street.
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The two banks have announced plans to merge next year.
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There are plans to merge the two most successful TV channels.
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When you get into London the two roads merge .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A pool of light, expanding circles, merging, dragging me down.
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In the factories of bioengineering firms and in the chips of neural-net computers, the organic and the machine are merging.
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The colors would soon disperse, merging with others and moving on or fading as the night appeared.
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The Garlands seem to have merged into the landscape.
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The process of merging accelerated during the period we shall be looking at.
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The two companies have now merged into one - Grupo Cruzcampo - with three divisions, covering sales, marketing and operations.
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There are, however, strong arguments against forcing charities to merge .