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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Recent Examples of commune
Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
From the Oklahoma Frontier Drugstore Museum documenting the history of pharmacies, drugstores and medical media, to the Boomerang Diner, visitors will see history and present day communing with each other.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 13 Mar. 2026
Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
In the beginning, Scritti Politti was a commune as much as a band.
—Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 15 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Let’s further stipulate that communing with celebrity, ideally very talented celebrity, has been a part of what Broadway has been selling for a century or more.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
From the Oklahoma Frontier Drugstore Museum documenting the history of pharmacies, drugstores and medical media, to the Boomerang Diner, visitors will see history and present day communing with each other.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
Before earning degrees in math and physics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, Cornman lived in a Buddhist commune in Northern California for three years.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
In the beginning, Scritti Politti was a commune as much as a band.
—Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commune
Verb
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The Timberwolves can certainly relate.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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There is not enough information to know if Zimmerman’s early retirement and Dains’ removal are related.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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To close out a busy Day 2, the Steelers selected a mauling guard with a mullet, who will come to a city where that haircut never went out of style.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of former President Islam Karimov, is behind bars in Uzbekistan as the trial opens in a Swiss federal criminal court in the southern city of Bellinzona.—
Jamey Keaten,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Both were booked Wednesday night into the Jefferson Parish Jail for security reasons and have since bonded out.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Musgraves and Lambert bonded over something else in their duet, beyond horse riding prowess and marital horror stories.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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The story is set in 2013, in a town in an unnamed New England state.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Boasting 37 miles of pure electric power, the NX450h+ certainly succeeds for consumers looking to float around town.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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To read the results of previous reader polls, click here.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Apr. 2026
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Tap or click a highlighted area for details.—
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Apr. 2026
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Nataliia was buried in her sister Melnyk’s village, southeast of Kyiv.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Beyond that, Carpentersville already has a drone unit so QuadCom’s service wouldn’t benefit the village, Stewart said.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Historically, Biarritz—a small seaside hamlet on France’s southwestern coast—has closely competed with its eastern neighbors on the Med.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2026
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Quaint fishing villages made the Outer Banks an international tourist destination, and one of the most famous of these hamlets has unveiled a plan to defy North Carolina’s coastal redevelopment craze.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Commune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commune. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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