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as in to gather
to bring together in one body or place
both captains congregated their team members for some pregame strategizing
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as in to converge
to come together into one body or place
pilgrims have been congregating in the town's historic square for centuries
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Recent Examples of congregate
The squad congregated outside the dressing room, slapping hands and hugging each other.
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James McNicholas, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Omar Mariques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Reddit shares fell almost 6% on Friday on concern that a new app from Meta called Forum could create an alternative avenue for internet users to congregate and create discussion groups.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 22 May 2026
In recent years, video of the Christchurch massacre has spread across digital platforms where extremists congregate and communicate.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 20 May 2026
On a good sunset evening, at least a dozen vehicles may congregate along the roadway edge.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
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James McNicholas, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Omar Mariques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Reddit shares fell almost 6% on Friday on concern that a new app from Meta called Forum could create an alternative avenue for internet users to congregate and create discussion groups.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 22 May 2026
In recent years, video of the Christchurch massacre has spread across digital platforms where extremists congregate and communicate.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 20 May 2026
On a good sunset evening, at least a dozen vehicles may congregate along the roadway edge.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregate
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Movie night is a chance for the Islanders to gather together to witness some of the major moments and own up and apologize.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
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Helicopter footage captured by NBC4 showed police tape cordoning off a section of the residential street, where a large number of emergency responders were gathered.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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Past, present, and future versions of the South Park figures—childhood’s tokens, mined and mined again—are made to converge around adulthood’s most representative, most depressing reality.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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In May, tennis fans in Panama hats converge on Roland Garros Stadium for the French Open.—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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Mission Viejo right fielder Riley Campbell collected her third hit in the seventh to bring the tying run to the plate but Herrera escaped another jam to spark a celebratory dogpile.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
31 May 2026
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In total, the campaign collected a total of 7,500 legitimate signatures, 2,500 short of the state requirement.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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And in case there were any remaining doubts that masks never had the slightest chance of stopping respiratory viruses, of the studies that met their inclusion criteria, all of them came after 2019.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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In this screen-free environment, the two narrators meet and form a friendship that strengthens them both.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Nothing is mysterious about these history-making Knicks, other than the executive who assembled them.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Long before ChatGPT made generative AI mainstream, Gil was quietly assembling positions across nearly every layer of the emerging ecosystem.—
TrueBridge Capital,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Trump will instead convene his Cabinet at the White House, the president said in a post on Truth Social.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
27 May 2026
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And when a City Council committee convened Tuesday to dissect the events, things got heated as exasperated council members grilled city staff about their response to the trio of problems.—
Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
26 May 2026
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For seven minutes after the final whistle, players and staff stood on the edge of the penalty area applauding the Liverpool supporters amassed in the Bill Shankly Kop as the Jota song remained on loop.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Accounts dedicated to college advice and prep have amassed millions of followers.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Artemis 3 is planned for late 2027, and will launch NASA's Orion capsule with a crew of astronauts to rendezvous and dock with Starship in LEO to assess the spacecrafts' ability to link up in orbit.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
20 May 2026
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Both landers are being designed to rendezvous with NASA astronauts aboard an Orion spacecraft in lunar orbit and then ferry them to the surface.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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“Congregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregate. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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