The merging of the two groups occurred quickly.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object) : They voted to merge the two branch offices into a single unit.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : This stream merges into the river up ahead. ,The two firms merged last year.    From Dictionary.com. 

“Jason,” she cried, his name merging with the blue sky and clouds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Hot Reunion] Reference

As the author notes the merging is of already "complex genome make-ups.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Behe Responds] Reference

Other than the wacko fringes of both parties, they have succeeded in merging into one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference

Still, he says, "our department is much further along in merging the two cultures than most.".    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

It is hard to imagine that economies of scale cannot be found in merging the three London councils 'functions.    From Wordnik.com.  [In a pickle over council mergers] Reference

In processional form they pass out, the figure of the bride again merging, not distinguishable from the maidens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hymen] Reference

It will be very interesting to see where he goes over the next few years in merging his various tv & print outlets with the Internet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foxification of local news « BuzzMachine] Reference

The arch is distinctly horse-shoe-shaped, and on the nave side has a square label merging into the abacus, while the chancel side has none.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference

Movie and videogame audiences are "merging" - Grin.    From Wordnik.com.  [GamesIndustry.biz - News] Reference

Levine rejected the idea of merging Southeast into NOAH.    From Wordnik.com.  [CityBusiness Up to the Minute] Reference

Along the way, someone passed on the idea of merging with the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals] Reference

Newsom likes the idea of merging social media with government.    From Wordnik.com.  [San Francisco Sentinel] Reference

Carter also likes the idea of merging Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide.    From Wordnik.com.  [ZDNet UK Highlights] Reference

We really like the idea of merging ancient and space aged innovations.    From Wordnik.com.  [PSFK] Reference

I'm not a fan of the idea of merging my 2 worlds, personal & professional.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Steve Rubel Stream] Reference

Jawaharlal Nehru initially ridiculed the idea of merging Telangana with the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com] Reference

Visual voicemail and call merging will not be available to uncontracted customers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Inquirer] Reference

Fascism is defined as the merging of large corporate interests with the government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com] Reference

Democratic Party of Canada are seriously entertaining the idea of merging the two parties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Progressive Bloggers] Reference

So he came up with the idea of merging man and machine forever - but will any of us live to see it?.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Online News] Reference

They may also revisit the idea of merging the offices after the Western Algonquin Bypass is completed.    From Wordnik.com.  [DailyHerald.com > News] Reference

In France, too, the idea of merging the worker and student movements was still alive but still failing.    From Wordnik.com.  [1968 the Year that Rocked the World]

Mr. Borja has floated the idea of merging the two companies again, giving Mexico a single national carrier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexicana Airline Fights Liquidation] Reference

The Allegheny Institute continues to hate the idea of merging the city of Pittsburgh with Allegheny County.    From Wordnik.com.  [post-gazette.com - News] Reference

There was the idea of merging the schools of "high" art with those of "low" art, ie. the technical schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Campus] Reference

Morrow says he's still open to the idea of merging with LTE in the future and is exploring what's possible today.    From Wordnik.com.  [Light Reading:] Reference

Theodore Roszak has called the merging of the three disciplines (psychology, cosmology and ecology) "ecopsychology".    From Wordnik.com.  [On Line Opinion - Latest Articles] Reference

It is thought Gordon Brown has toyed with the idea of merging the Department for International Development with the Foreign office.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news] Reference

When word of the talks got around, Gores sent a note to Polycom addressing the idea of merging with Siemens Enterprise Communications.    From Wordnik.com.  [FierceVoIP] Reference

Ketchum City Councilman Charles Conn Monday derided those afraid of even discussing the idea of merging neighboring towns of Ketchum and.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

So it's kind of -- kind of merging both worlds together.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2009] Reference

Was the presentation some kind of merging or hybrid or was it a caricature?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Racist Pee Wee Football Fans Taunt Black Children] Reference

"This is not about synergies" such as merging operations, said Amazon's Mr. Szkutak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amazon Hit By Weak Sales Of Videogames, Lawsuit Costs] Reference

Kant provided a different kind of merging of phenomenal and real from that of Spinoza.    From Wordnik.com.  [APPEARANCE AND REALITY] Reference

This is not about the Reconquista or any kind of merging of nations, nothing like that.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 9, 2001] Reference