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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
Somewhere behind thick walls, crowds congregate; right here, someone else walks alone.
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Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
Other affinity groups, including Trans in Classics and CripAntiquity, started congregating around the same time.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
The berries attract plenty of birds, which is nice, but the birds then tend to congregate in the tree and leave behind a mess of their own.
—Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
Other times, congregate shelters are either intensely policed or crime ridden, not wheelchair accessible, and not accommodating of gender identity.
—Deborah Berkman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
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Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
Other affinity groups, including Trans in Classics and CripAntiquity, started congregating around the same time.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
The berries attract plenty of birds, which is nice, but the birds then tend to congregate in the tree and leave behind a mess of their own.
—Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
Other times, congregate shelters are either intensely policed or crime ridden, not wheelchair accessible, and not accommodating of gender identity.
—Deborah Berkman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregate
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On March 18th, Hadi gathered with friends to celebrate Chaharshanbe Suri, a festival of fire on the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz, the Persian New Year, which begins on March 20th.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Before sunrise in downtown Dallas, volunteers gather in near silence, scanning sidewalks and glass towers for signs of birds that didn’t survive the night’s migration.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Major stars converged inside Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre across the evening, where returning host Conan O'Brien presided over the festivities that ultimately included historic firsts, emotional acting victories, a no-show winner, and even a tie.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Mar. 2026
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Since cities are spaces where the lives and dreams of their residents converge, the Greek film section of the 28th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, eligible for the Municipality of Thessaloniki Award, is titled City Stories.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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The data collected will help determine whether low-boom supersonic flight can be safely integrated into commercial aviation.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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Brown and Davis collected 3 rbi each with Brown scoring 3 times and Moeller crossing home plate twice.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2026
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Sometimes the coat is the outfit, and this one certainly meets the moment.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2026
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Now, on Wednesday, the city will be meeting to decide whether to close them down permanently.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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In charge is Eva Stratt (Sandra Hüller), a stern German tactician who is tasked with assembling a global coalition to handle the astrophage problem.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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What once demanded hundreds of thousands of ground troops — such as the forces assembled for Desert Storm from 1990 to 1991— can now be accomplished through precision air power.—
Chuck DeVore,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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House Speaker Daniel Perez convened a special committee on redistricting this year, but the Senate has done nothing on the issue so far.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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The 213-seat upper house is scheduled to open Wednesday, with 14 regional parliaments set to convene two days after that.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Even outside of traditional television, the reality TV model has made millionaires of even more toxic matriarchs such as Ruby Framke, who amassed over 2 million YouTube subscribers by pimping out her children for clicks while criminally abusing them in secret.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Flanagan has amassed eight Senate endorsers, mostly from the party’s progressive wing, and Craig has five, several of whom served with her in the House.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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That flight will now be followed by an additional mission next year — Artemis III — in which astronauts aboard an Orion capsule in low-Earth orbit will rendezvous and dock with one or both moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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This time the dress traveled to Milan to rendezvous with Moore.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Congregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregate. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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