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combinations

British  
/ ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃənz /

plural noun

  1. Often shortened to: combs, coms. US and Canadian term: union suit. a one-piece woollen undergarment with long sleeves and legs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This new style of play, built on small-space combinations, fluidity and numerical overloads, has given Arsenal new answers to the same old low-block problem.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

"It can look about a second, or so, ahead into the future for 20,000 different kind of combinations of things that might happen," Storey explains.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

When singer-songwriter Beck Hansen broke through in 1994, he was seen as an artist who shuffled sounds of the past to find novel combinations he could call his own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

California has officially run out of combinations for its current license plate sequence, ending a string of plates dating back to the 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Hey—this might be something they could get into with Ms. Hussey one day: accidental combinations of sounds and ideas.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

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