commingle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of commingle
Explanation
To commingle is to blend together, the way different flavors commingle in a stew or people from all over the world commingle in a big city. The verb commingle is a slightly literary way to say "mix until blended.” The book Charlotte’s Web commingles sadness and humor. If you combine the money you were saving to buy books with your weekly spending money, you commingle your funds. Commingle is formed with the Latin prefix com-, "together," and mingle from the Middle English myngen, "to mix."
Vocabulary lists containing commingle
"Bonne Année" by Jean-Pierre Benoît
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Example Sentences
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Be careful not to unintentionally commingle this property.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
All inheritance is treated as separate property, unless your sons sell the businesses and put them into a joint bank account or commingle the money.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025
Shadows of death and the afterlife commingle in the darkness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
Signs around C Block remind staff members not to let the “civils” commingle with the inmates when they’re out of their cells.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
I do my best to get a leash on my catastrophizing, and we commingle, converse, and serve the community.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
It grew because the Washington State Investment Board chose capable managers, balanced risk and compounded returns inside a commingled trust over decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
The inspectors also reported crews spraying contaminated pool water onto neighboring properties and into storm drains, and excavator operators using toothed buckets that caused clean and contaminated soil to be commingled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
They want to ensure the businesses are always kept separate, and are never commingled with their future spouses.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025
What does supporting and believing in an independent judiciary look like for somebody who’s a civilian watching with hope and horror commingled?
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2025
Even my mother, who was obsessive about order and neatness in her house, chose to let the photographs of the two families get commingled and confused.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
“Our home was a crazy jumble of pieces from different places we’d lived in before, all commingling, but not very happily; I called it the Island of Misfit Furniture.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
"The recovery environment presented challenges for maintaining the separation of remains, which can contribute to commingling," Dr Venkatesh said.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
“One of the first things you’re taught as a Realtor is no commingling of funds,” Belyayev said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
As for commingling funds, it’s already illegal — it’s one of the practices that landed Bankman-Fried in prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2024
But Ben stayed close to him, his chest almost against his father’s belly, their sweat commingling and their breaths crossing like two alien winds.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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