merge
verb (used with object)
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
had merged
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past perfectof merge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It would’ve been $110 or something if they had merged.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
As Gemini’s conversation with Gavalas became less tethered to reality, the bot’s safeguards appeared to relax, and it reinforced Gavalas’s belief that they had merged into a single entity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Concerns over the scheme had merged with complaints over tougher restrictions on fertiliser spreading and bovine TB, he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2024
The company had merged with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, to go public in January 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
His voice had grown soft, and he had merged many accents and dialects into his own speech, so that his speech did not seem foreign anywhere.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
