as in relation
doings between individuals or groups
she guessed from the friendly interaction that they were close to the other parents in the organization
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Recent Examples of interaction
Climaco-Garcia groped both children at different times during the interaction and attempted to remove their swimsuits, according to the Facebook post.
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Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
Hochman’s interactions with the Menendez family drew allegations of bias and his decision to transfer the prosecutors who filed Gascón’s petition resulted in a civil suit.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
Meanwhile, Trump has sounded more satisfied with his interactions with Zelenskyy, who was in his dog house after a stormy White House meeting last winter.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
The judge’s ruling says the defense suggested four possible alternate perpetrators of the murders, each of whom had some connection to or interaction with the victims in the days before they were fatally stabbed.
—Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 28 June 2025
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Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
Hochman’s interactions with the Menendez family drew allegations of bias and his decision to transfer the prosecutors who filed Gascón’s petition resulted in a civil suit.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
Meanwhile, Trump has sounded more satisfied with his interactions with Zelenskyy, who was in his dog house after a stormy White House meeting last winter.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
The judge’s ruling says the defense suggested four possible alternate perpetrators of the murders, each of whom had some connection to or interaction with the victims in the days before they were fatally stabbed.
—Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interaction
Noun
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The ceasefire has held but any sense of normalcy has not returned to the relations between the two countries.—
Sam Dalrymple,
Time,
14 July 2025
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The situation reflects broader challenges in transatlantic trade relations as President Donald Trump has regularly cited a goods trade deficit of about $236 billion in 2024 while pushing Europe to buy more American cars, energy, and defense equipment.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
Noun
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Things escalated, and soon enough Jane was undressing and having intercourse with Don.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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Until recently, most insurance companies followed the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s definition for fertility, which defined infertility as a condition in which heterosexual couples couldn’t conceive after a year of unprotected intercourse.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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“Interaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interaction. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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