combinations
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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He responded by touting the companies’ “overlap” and collaboration, before acknowledging that he can’t discuss corporate combinations on an earnings call and allowing Tesla’s general counsel to step in.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
As he puts it, natural selection blindly explores a vast “design space”—the trillions of trait combinations a species might have—turning up workable solutions that human designers have learned to borrow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Spain outclassed France with a performance built on principles we've come to know from them over decades now - possession, counter-pressing, a dominant midfield, and short passing combinations.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Even though individual risk factors differed from country to country, many of them appeared together in similar combinations worldwide.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
In the century leading up to Dunstaple’s time, composers layered notes on top of each other but chose only from a very limited number of possible combinations.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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