conjuncture
Americannoun
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a combination of circumstances; a particular state of affairs.
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a critical state of affairs; crisis.
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conjunction; joining.
noun
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a combination of events, esp a critical one
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rare a union; conjunction
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“How Middle Eastern developments impact the monetary policy conjuncture is a clear focus for markets,” Investec analysts said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
What is happening in France now is the conjuncture of several crises at once: political, economic, and social – and that is what makes the moment feel so significant.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
Given the crisis of education, agency and memory that haunts the current historical conjuncture, educators need a new political and pedagogical language.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2021
In Galileo’s words, this was "a marvelous conjuncture," because he could have his conviction that the Earth moved around the sun, and not the other way around, approved by the Pope himself.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 9, 2021
In this conjuncture Defoe had really no friends, for the dissenters were as much alarmed at his book as the high-flyers were irritated.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
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