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Examples of congregate in a Sentence
Adam Erace, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
Leaders have now called on Watts residents not to congregate in large groups for the rest of 2023.
—Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
As far as hard water goes, dark soap scum often congregated along the sides of my tub, which, to my chagrin, prompted weekly scrub-downs of the area.
—Good Housekeeping, 1 Aug. 2023
As homelessness has surged, more people have congregated in large encampments for some semblance of security and stability.
—Livia Albeck-Ripka, New York Times, 30 July 2023
Yet unlike at most Las Vegas clubs, where the general admission crowd doesn’t even get to see the DJ booth — and the best views are reserved for those purchasing five-figure tables — at LIV, the average patron will congregate in the middle of the action.
—Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2023
Montgomery County police will assign officers to monitor areas where students are often known to congregate after games, according to the letter.
—Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
This ending points to how important and inspiring congregating together can be.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Sep. 2023
Cal Williams, who served as master of ceremonies Wednesday, said having a place for seniors to congregate is an invaluable community asset.
—Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
Jennifer Egan, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announced Tuesday that the 33-room Seniors Landing bridge shelter will be run by the nonprofit Serving Seniors, which has been pushing for a non-congregate shelter for older homeless people since releasing a needs assessment report for seniors in September 2021.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2022
Just two years after registering with the state, the nonprofit now runs the non-congregate shelter at the Aviator Hotel downtown, the 200-bed low barrier shelter inside the Sullivan, and is moving to operate another 55 units at the former Alex Hotel that the city recently acquired.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Oct. 2022
Two of the 68 new cases reported were from congregate living facilities, one a staff member at Copper Ridge and the other a case at a facility so small the health department does not identify it out of privacy concerns.
—Bob Blubaugh, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 Apr. 2021
Many know one another and congregate at Totemoff's Bar and Grill, a mid-mountain cafeteria that feels unchanged since the '80s.
—Candice Rainey, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2023
Hicks said those families — which now comprise 20 percent to 25 percent of the agency’s congregate shelter households — face particular stresses this season.
—John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
Masks continue to be compulsory indoors at healthcare and congregate-care facilities, at business where required and for anyone who has been exposed to COVID in the last 10 days.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2022
What to expect:A traditional sit-down congregate meal at tables with all the trimmings and fixings.
—Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
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Word History
Verb and Adjective
Middle English, from Latin congregatus, past participle of congregare, from com- + greg-, grex flock
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Adjective
1900, in the meaning defined above
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“Congregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congregate. Accessed 4 Oct. 2023.
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Middle English congregaten "to collect or assemble together," derived from Latin congregare "to assemble, gather," from con-, com- "with, together" and gregare "to gather into a flock or herd," from greg-, grex "flock, herd" — related to aggregate, gregarious, segregate
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