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as in to gather
to bring together in one body or place
both captains congregated their team members for some pregame strategizing
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as in to converge
to come together into one body or place
pilgrims have been congregating in the town's historic square for centuries
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Recent Examples of congregate
And only five mother-calf pairs were identified in Laguna San Ignacio, where most of the wintering whales tend to congregate, Swartz said.
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Eventually, we were allowed to leave the train to stretch our legs (emergency ladders had been attached to help people get down the steep incline we were stuck on), and passengers congregated in the field to the side of the rails.
—Jamie Ditaranto, AFAR Media, 5 May 2025
And once the final buzzer sounded, once the Canadiens lost 4-1 to the Washington Capitals, ending their season, every player congregated around defenceman David Savard, who had just finished the last game of his NHL career.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Everyone likes the chance to have lunch outside their home occasionally, and communities need a place to congregate, ideally simultaneously.
—Byalex Ledsom, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2025
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Eventually, we were allowed to leave the train to stretch our legs (emergency ladders had been attached to help people get down the steep incline we were stuck on), and passengers congregated in the field to the side of the rails.
—Jamie Ditaranto, AFAR Media, 5 May 2025
And once the final buzzer sounded, once the Canadiens lost 4-1 to the Washington Capitals, ending their season, every player congregated around defenceman David Savard, who had just finished the last game of his NHL career.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Everyone likes the chance to have lunch outside their home occasionally, and communities need a place to congregate, ideally simultaneously.
—Byalex Ledsom, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregate
Verb
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During Atlanta’s first preseason workout, Griner gathered a few younger players and delivered some hard truths.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University to protest against Israel's war in Gaza.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Domínguez, playing left field, and Bellinger converged on it.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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The main problems through the seven stages of executive onboarding can be solved by thinking marketing, selling, buying, getting a head start, converging, evolving, and adjusting – in that order.—
George Bradt,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Sightings for the study were collected across an area extending from Queensland down to Tasmania and across to New Zealand’s South Island.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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That means spearfishing, collecting fruits of the land, and more.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
21 May 2025
Verb
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Sutton and Rogers met before her murder and are believed to have slept together.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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The show is set to give the music competition reality genre the Love is Blind treatment by forming a pop group without the members meeting face-to-face.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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My daughter's charcoal box was assembled by mixed media artist Nikoli Shaver and included a graphite starter kit, a small pack of media-appropriate paper, an eraser, charcoal pencils, and more.—
Adrienne So,
Wired News,
17 May 2025
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Forty-two of those missions have been dedicated to assembling the Starlink network, the largest satellite constellation ever constructed.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Johnson convened a task force of local real estate professionals and city leaders roughly a year ago to help propel the initiative.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2025
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Business and technology leaders will be convening in Riyadh around Trump's trip for a Saudi-U.S. investment forum.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
12 May 2025
Verb
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The service has amassed a library of over 1,800 titles through partnerships with more than 50 content providers, including 11 film institutes and national archives.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 May 2025
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Even as firefighters were still battling the flames, the pair amassed more than 6,000 signatures, including from the likes of A-listers like LeVar Burton and Alison Brie, in support of their initiative.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
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Cue a mad dash to rendezvous with his business associates, all the while foiling further assassination plots.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
18 May 2025
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The Shenzhou 20 spacecraft is scheduled to rendezvous and dock at the Tiangong space station around 6.5 hours after launch.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Congregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregate. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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