as in bonded
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 communed
The Romans had their thermae, the Japanese communed in onsens, and Native American tribes gathered in sweat lodges.
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Jen Murphy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 May 2026
Psychic medium Patti Negri communed with the spirits at the Winchester Mystery House on Wednesday night to make a prediction on which team will win the Super Bowl on Sunday.
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Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
Jen Murphy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 May 2026
Psychic medium Patti Negri communed with the spirits at the Winchester Mystery House on Wednesday night to make a prediction on which team will win the Super Bowl on Sunday.
—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communed
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The two champs bonded in part over mutual cancer diagnoses.
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Though Powell, who runs a food concept out of an East London bar, is not in the entertainment industry, the two have seemingly bonded throughout meals and trips.
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What’s In The Release Apple’s release notes specify that the content is all security-related.
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Fable 5 included guardrails that prevented the AI system from assisting with a wide range of cybersecurity- and biology-related tasks.
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Appreciation needs to acknowledge what happened before the donor clicked.
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But something clicked for Williams around the four-minute mark of the final period.
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“Communed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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