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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
Back in Europe, regional leaders congregated in Copenhagen earlier this week to discuss the possibility of building a drone wall to deter Russian aircraft from violating airspace on the continent.
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Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Winter was the region’s rainy season, which means camels and their human admirers likely congregated around lake beds full of water, the researchers say.
—Martin J. Kernan, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025
During the pandemic, the Hadid family congregated for lockdown at the rural estate, alongside cows, goats, and horses.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2025
Then both units congregated back onto the main field for scrimmage periods.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
But Iranians knew better, and the Friday after Jîna’s death swarms of people, mostly women, congregated in front of Kasra Hospital, overflowing with rage about seeing another one of our young women disposed of by the security state with such casual cruelty.
—Fatemeh Jamalpour, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
After the top of the first inning, several Yankees batters congregated on the third base line with manager Aaron Boone and the umpires.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Under a kitchen prep table, 10 flies congregated.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Venezuelans washed car windows for tips at stoplights and congregated in the parking lots of Home Depot and other stores, looking for work.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Winter was the region’s rainy season, which means camels and their human admirers likely congregated around lake beds full of water, the researchers say.
—Martin J. Kernan, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025
During the pandemic, the Hadid family congregated for lockdown at the rural estate, alongside cows, goats, and horses.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2025
Then both units congregated back onto the main field for scrimmage periods.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
But Iranians knew better, and the Friday after Jîna’s death swarms of people, mostly women, congregated in front of Kasra Hospital, overflowing with rage about seeing another one of our young women disposed of by the security state with such casual cruelty.
—Fatemeh Jamalpour, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
After the top of the first inning, several Yankees batters congregated on the third base line with manager Aaron Boone and the umpires.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Under a kitchen prep table, 10 flies congregated.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Venezuelans washed car windows for tips at stoplights and congregated in the parking lots of Home Depot and other stores, looking for work.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregated
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Days after a gunman drove a truck into a Grand Blanc Township church and opened fire on worshippers, killing four people and wounding eight, hundreds gathered in Flint for a community safety briefing focused on crisis response and prevention in houses of worship.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday night, hundreds of people gathered to remember the teenagers, according to CNN affiliate WABC.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Immediately defenders Jared Spurgeon and Zeev Buium converged, prepared to clear the zone.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
24 Sep. 2025
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Still, this past August, 80,000 people converged in the Nevada desert to set up what aspires to be a peaceful global village.—
Dennis Hinkamp,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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Reaching the Frontier Over the past year, ByteDance has assembled top AI talent, hiring a former vice president of Google DeepMind to lead AI foundational research and luring other engineers and researchers away from Alibaba and other start-ups, the Financial Times reported in December.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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They were delivered fully assembled and dynamically balanced from the company’s production base on the Yangtze River.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Green Hill first met in a school house and then a building along Tate Lane that later became the Masonic Lodge.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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The couple met on a blind date arranged by friends in May 2022.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Decked out in Tyvek suits and N95 respirators, the researchers collected meter-long cores from the permafrost layer, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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The researchers analyzed lunar samples that had remained unopened since they were collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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Dozens of students and faculty members convened in front of the school’s South Building, with many individuals wearing masks and holding flags, WRAL reported.—
Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Grand juries are often convened for high-level felony and public corruption cases.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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Called the Marriott Bonvoy Outdoors, the stays are grouped by the types of activities travelers seek, whether that’s hiking near alpine lakes, snorkeling among coral reefs teeming with fish, or getting cozy in a cabin in the woods.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Sep. 2025
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The eclectic designs can be displayed on their own, or they can be grouped together to form a funky gallery wall.—
L. Daniela Alvarez,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Sep. 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 9 Oct. 2025.
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