as in to meet
to come together into one body or place
hungry students converged on the cafeteria almost as soon as the class bell rang
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Recent Examples of converge
The talk of baseball converged in Kansas City — before baseball was even played in Kansas City this year.
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
Organizers have told a state oversight agency thatas many as 100,000 people could converge on the Capitol.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
At Gwanghwamun, the live sound echoing through the streets, the real-time broadcast on screens, and the immediate reactions of the people around you all converged to place everyone—regardless of location—on a single psychological timeline.
—Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
During one incident earlier this month cited by the FAA, a helicopter on a converging course with a twin engine Beechcraft 99 at Hollywood Burbank Airport had to turn to avoid the private plane.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
Organizers have told a state oversight agency thatas many as 100,000 people could converge on the Capitol.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
At Gwanghwamun, the live sound echoing through the streets, the real-time broadcast on screens, and the immediate reactions of the people around you all converged to place everyone—regardless of location—on a single psychological timeline.
—Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
During one incident earlier this month cited by the FAA, a helicopter on a converging course with a twin engine Beechcraft 99 at Hollywood Burbank Airport had to turn to avoid the private plane.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for converge
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Within eight minutes, the New Kensington fire department arrived and was met with heavy flames at the back of the house.—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The teams meet for the third time this season.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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After the game, Crawford gathered the entire group of friends and family together on the field for photos.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Longoria darts across the kitchen to gather more gastronomic tidbits and sample leftover morsels.—
Lale Arikoglu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Mar. 2026
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The group assembles in a staggered formation and uses hand signals to communicate road hazards and turns.—
Brenda Miranda,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
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Eventually, amid depth-charge bass blasts and Spikeheart’s death-metal growls, a beat assembles itself, at first vaguely trap-like, then closer in spirit to UK funky.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
25 Mar. 2026
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The purpose of our mountain drive this morning is to rendezvous with Fitz and the rest of the Caldwell clan and take advantage of the virgin powder now piling up around California’s Carson Pass.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Instead of a moon landing, astronauts aboard NASA's Orion capsule will rendezvous and dock Earth orbit with at least one of the commercial lunar landers being developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Commercial conversations Earlier this month, the UK government convened a meeting of defense companies to meet ambassadors and defense attaches from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Iraq and Jordan.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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The board met in the county commissioner’s room before the testing of the machines, then convened to the South Room, where the 60 machines representing 5% of the voting machines used in the upcoming election were tested.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Piker is one of the few prominent left-wing voices operating in digital spaces where young men congregate.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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In commemoration of Jesus’ triumphal but humble donkey ride into Jerusalem amid waving palm fronds, faith groups marched and congregated in downtown Valparaiso Sunday afternoon to encourage each other and the community this Palm Sunday to feed the hungry, heal the sick and welcome the stranger.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Converge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converge. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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