in connection with
Related to; involving
In connection with means related to or associated with, typically introducing the reason for an action or the subject under discussion.
It often appears in formal or official contexts: Police questioned three men in connection with the robbery.
The phrase can also link topics more loosely: Several issues arose in connection with the merger.
- regardingOn the subject of
- concerningCausing worry or unease
- in relation toConcerning a specified subject
- relatedConnected by blood or nature
- linkedFastened to another
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