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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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In the Executive and Premier One-Bedroom Suites, a separate living room adds a place for gathering or relaxing while someone else is asleep.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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Rather than hunting enemy vessels directly, these ships act as floating surveillance platforms, gathering acoustic data that helps naval commanders understand activity beneath the ocean surface.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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Immune cells here degraded old and damaged red blood cells, accumulating iron from the hemoglobin for a short period.—
Kasha Patel,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Attendance diminished in recent years as the Wizards tore down their roster in the hopes of accumulating draft picks in trades and losing enough games to win early picks via the annual draft lottery.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Key Background Anthropic steps into the busiest IPO pipeline since 2021, with three of the most valuable private companies ever built converging on the public markets within the same window.—
Alicia Park,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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This is, in the end, what Richardson and a handful of economists — among them University of Chicago behavioral economist Alex Imas and George Mason’s Tyler Cowen — are converging on.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Election workers collecting ballots from a drop box in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday found multiple mail-in ballots that had been burned, officials say.—
Jasmine Mendez
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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In previous eras, collecting a prestigious bowl invitation was every team’s goal.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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That means assembling the right team — CPA, estate planner, business attorney, wealth adviser and real estate expert — and helping the client slow down long enough to think clearly.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Blum noted how much the job of assembling movies has changed in recent years.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
30 May 2026
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Less than two weeks later, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar visited Baku, meeting with the Azerbaijani president and other top officials.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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The two were meeting as part of a vape pen purchase that later turned into a robbery attempt, according to the report.—
Maveah Griffith,
Charlotte Observer,
4 June 2026
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In mid-2025, the ARISE team reported that the best-performing model achieved a 70% success rate, with most failures clustering around tasks requiring three or more steps.—
Spencer Dorn,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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The government extended internet access so that, rather than clustering in parks, Cubans could go online on our phones.—
Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
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And unlike some of the things that might spread during this event, there’s been a lot of evidence based on what’s happened at other World Cups, Olympic events, any time large numbers of people are congregating.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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All attendees will go through security screening, and congregating in hallways will not be allowed.—
Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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“Conglomerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerating. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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