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as in gathering
to come together into one body or place
people conglomerated in the downtown streets for an impromptu victory celebration
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as in accumulating
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
over the years the town's discarded junk conglomerated at the bottom of the river
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“Conglomerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerating. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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