conglomerating

verb

Definition of conglomeratingnext
present participle of conglomerate
1
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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2
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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