in connection with
idiom
: in relation to (something) : for reasons that relate to (something)
—used especially in journalism
Police arrested four men in connection with the robbery.
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In June 2020, German prosecutors said the man was being investigated on suspicion of murder in connection with McCann’s disappearance on May 3, 2007, from an apartment complex in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz.
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Peter Wilkinson, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested in connection with the killing.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Former Casada aide sentenced to prison Cade Cothren, former chief of staff to Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada, was sentenced yesterday in connection with a political mailer scheme.
—Amber Roberson, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
Chef Valentino Luchin convicted of robbery in 2018 Police had arrested Luchin in May 2018 in connection with a bank robbery in the East Bay city of Orinda.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
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Peter Wilkinson, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested in connection with the killing.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Former Casada aide sentenced to prison Cade Cothren, former chief of staff to Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada, was sentenced yesterday in connection with a political mailer scheme.
—Amber Roberson, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
Chef Valentino Luchin convicted of robbery in 2018 Police had arrested Luchin in May 2018 in connection with a bank robbery in the East Bay city of Orinda.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
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“In connection with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20connection%20with. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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