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as in gathered
to bring together in one body or place
both captains congregated their team members for some pregame strategizing
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as in converged
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 congregated
The tradition of Christmas radio began in the 1930s where households congregated in their living rooms to hear the New York Metropolitan Opera, and continued to grow as Christmas radio programming became a part of the war effort in the 1940s.
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Taylor Crumpton, Time, 19 Dec. 2025
After Lennon’s death, fans congregated outside of his residence.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
The attendees congregated near the bar, requesting intricate cocktails and skin contact wine.
—Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Players from both teams congregated around Ramsey and Chase.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025
The project has culminated in a series of mini food bank events at The Ship in West Bottoms, where federal workers and union members have long congregated for drinks and solidarity.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2025
Some teenage girls in matching hoodies chatted near the baggage claim carousel, and a group in traditional Orthodox Jewish garb congregated on the curb outside terminal 3.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
This past January, a few dozen young men in hoodies and baggy jeans congregated outside a coffee shop in Tempe, Arizona, to mourn the death of a twenty-seven-year-old man named Nautica Malone.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
So were neighbors and friends who acted more like family members in a place where the locals often congregated in one house — the Skattebos’.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Taylor Crumpton, Time, 19 Dec. 2025
After Lennon’s death, fans congregated outside of his residence.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
The attendees congregated near the bar, requesting intricate cocktails and skin contact wine.
—Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Players from both teams congregated around Ramsey and Chase.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025
The project has culminated in a series of mini food bank events at The Ship in West Bottoms, where federal workers and union members have long congregated for drinks and solidarity.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2025
Some teenage girls in matching hoodies chatted near the baggage claim carousel, and a group in traditional Orthodox Jewish garb congregated on the curb outside terminal 3.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
This past January, a few dozen young men in hoodies and baggy jeans congregated outside a coffee shop in Tempe, Arizona, to mourn the death of a twenty-seven-year-old man named Nautica Malone.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
So were neighbors and friends who acted more like family members in a place where the locals often congregated in one house — the Skattebos’.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregated
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The attendees—thirty- and forty-somethings who are members of the bank’s Private Wealth Management (PWM) division, which boasts an average account size of over $75 million—gathered to hash out their anxiety and excitement.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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About 200 protesters gathered near a park near Aston Villa Park’s Trinity Road stand.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Some families of the victims were upset that more officers were not charged given that nearly 400 federal, state and local officers converged on the school soon after the attack.—
Jim Vertuno,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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In Paris, revelers converged around the glittering Champs-Élysées avenue.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Jan. 2026
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Early prototypes shown at CES were assembled rapidly for demonstration, but Lumus says the underlying architecture avoids exotic materials.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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The incident, captured on video by multiple bystanders, occurred as a group of people allegedly assembled to block ICE officers who were conducting an immigration enforcement operation.—
Amy McCarthy,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Shouts for it will be met by angry fingers jutted towards the various gaffes played ad nauseam on Sky Sports’ weekly Ref Watch, or the mandatory pause before the emotional unleashing as VAR mulls over whether a goal is a goal or just a hoax.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Uncensored, that Fergie met the man, Steve Wyatt, a millionaire entrepreneur from Texas, at the Houston Grand Opera’s British Opera Festival in 1989 and started an extramarital relationship with him soon after.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
9 Nov. 2025
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Nickolas Schmitz collected 10 points.—
Erick Taylor,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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In 2025, the entire Kansas City metro saw 183 homicides, down from 190 in 2024, according to data collected by The Star, which includes fatal police shootings.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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Semafor World Economy expects more than 400 of the world’s leading CEOs to participate in person in 2026, more than double the amount of CEOs convened in 2025, making Semafor World Economy the largest global CEO meeting in the US.—
Rachel Keidan,
semafor.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Later Sunday, South Korea convened an emergency national security council meeting to discuss the North Korean missile launches.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Competitive sections for features, documentaries, and shorts each comprise 16 titles, while retrospectives, restorations, and regional premieres are grouped into three out-of-competition strands of 24 films.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sixteen years ago, food scientists in Brazil created a new system called Nova, which grouped foods into four ascending health categories based on processing.—
David A. Brenner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Japanese space agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), launched its Hayabusa2 mission in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the near-Earth C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu in June 2018.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Enola Gay flew to Iwo Jima, 3-1/2 hours away, circled once and rendezvoused with the photo and gauge B-29s.—
David Perlmutt,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Congregated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregated. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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