combined

[ kuhm-bahynd ]

/ kəmˈbaɪnd /

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adjective

made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.

taken as a whole or considered together; in the aggregate: outselling all other brands combined.

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Origin of combined

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at combine, -ed²

com·bined·ly

[kuhm-bahynd-lee, -bahy-nid-], /kəmˈbaɪnd li, -ˈbaɪ nɪd-/, adverbcom·bined·ness, nounsem·i·com·bined, adjectiveun·com·bined, adjective

well-com·bined, adjective

When the deal was announced in December of 2017, the combined companies were worth $128 billion.
Meet the new highest-ranking female CEO in the Fortune 500|Shawn Tully|November 7, 2020|Fortune
The two races in this category are worth a combined 21 electoral votes, and one of them is a strong bet to decide the final outcome.
Both Candidates Might Fall Short Of 270 Electoral Votes On Election Night. But How Close Might They Get?|Nathaniel Rakich (nathaniel.rakich@fivethirtyeight.com)|October 31, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Now, the real test for this trend comes this week as the companies reporting over these five days represent nearly 40% of the S&P 500’s combined earnings.
Stocks, futures slip as even a surge of ‘beats’ fail to lift the COVID gloom|Bernhard Warner|October 27, 2020|Fortune
In the past year, the combined portfolio for home, auto, and credit cards has fallen from $384 billion to $332 billion.
How JPMorgan Chase is proceeding with extreme caution—and still making plenty of money|Shawn Tully|October 14, 2020|Fortune

To put in perspective how misleading the report’s original claim was, consider that the combined annual revenue last year of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google represented only about half a percent of global economic output.
Congress made a lousy case for breaking up Big Tech|Amy Nordrum|October 9, 2020|MIT Technology Review