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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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Recent Examples of conglomerating
The quickly conglomerating media industry led Henson to consider corporate partnerships to assist with his goal of further expanding the Muppet media universe.
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Jared Bahir Browsh, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Jared Bahir Browsh, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conglomerating
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After South Carolina, Jackson will be returned to Chicago for a large celebration of life gathering at a megachurch and the final homegoing services at the headquarters of Rainbow PUSH.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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But other pictures showed tens of thousands gathering in the capital in sorrow.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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More fundamentally, housing is treated as a vehicle for accumulating wealth.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Any accumulating snow brought by the weather system will be in northern New England.—
Kathryn Prociv,
NBC news,
27 Feb. 2026
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The surge in pay reflects a pair of converging trends.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Seasonal fuel blend changes, refinery outages, rising summer demand, and grid strain are converging on a system with no margin left.—
Suzette Valladares,
Oc Register,
15 Feb. 2026
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Vonblum said the city is aiming to strike a better balance between providing developer incentives and collecting enough from developers to cover the community needs created by new housing.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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After Renee Good's killing, Smitten Kitten began collecting basic needs donations and were overwhelmed by the support from those who donated.—
Marielle Mohs,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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There is nothing Eliot Wolf is paid to do that’s more important than assembling a roster capable of winning the Super Bowl.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Intel is now assembling its own graphics card, Tan said at a Cisco event earlier this month.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Some of us had known each other for a long time, and some of us were just literally meeting.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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Sleep scheduling techniques primarily apply heuristics for periodic check‑ins, event‑driven wake-ups, clustering, and time division to stretch lifetime while meeting QoS targets [5][6].—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Feb. 2026
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Despite the global nature of the shift, capital and talent are clustering in a relatively small number of jurisdictions that offer policy predictability and strong legal frameworks.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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This aligns with broader market analyses showing renewable salary increases clustering in the low single digits in 2025, a sign that the sector is maturing out of its rapid expansion phase.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Riches walked to his vehicle parked outside Annie Guthrie's house and headed back to where other media were congregating outside Nancy Guthrie’s house.—
Richard Ruelas,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Norovirus outbreaks lead to mass quarantining and can halt all activities, shows, entertainment, and congregating in communal areas.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Conglomerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerating. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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