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congregated

verb

past tense of congregate
1
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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2
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 Before Saturday’s show, a group of about 50 pro-Palestinian demonstrators congregated outside the stadium. — Tassanee Vejpongsa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 On a recent weekend, a group of friends congregated in the venue’s basement, a narrow room with black leather couches and steel tables. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026 Though the public sentiment surrounding the case has been divided, many outspoken Massachusetts residents congregated at the courthouse in support of Clancy, wearing their signature pink. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 In the 1930s, Shanghai was an international city where foreign nationals congregated for trade and other reasons. — David Szondy august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026 But with hundreds at a time congregated on his stream, Lucarelli refused to fold. — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 The umpires congregated for 15 seconds, and then went back to playing ball. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026 The chief said the Romare Bearden Park incident came just days after 200 to 300 teenagers congregated in the University City neighborhood of Charlotte, creating disorder and leaving several officers assaulted while trying to break up fights. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 Music blasted over the sounds of conversation, as some people gathered at the bar for drinks and others congregated around a table littered with poster making supplies. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregated
  1. gathered
  2. converged
  3. assembled
  4. met
  5. collected
  6. convened
  7. grouped
  8. rendezvoused
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  • Hours after the tragedy occurred, dozens of community members and teenagers gathered in Manhattan’s East Village at the intersection of East 14th Street and First Avenue to pay tribute to Serkov.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Prosecutors assembled thousands of pages of text messages and emails, obtained bank and flight records, gathered corroborating witnesses, and collected video footage of freak-offs and the damning tape of Combs attacking Ventura.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • The search for answers converged with another local fight already underway.
    — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Young was knocked down when pitcher Nolan McLean struck him on the head with a knee when the two converged for Justin Crawford's slow grounder in the sixth.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of converged
Verb
  • Dolce’s cool, reductive architectural sense, with its airy vistas and great open spaces inside and out (perfect for their energetic Labradors, Lola and her son, Dali), is cluttered with the eclectic bounty that Gabbana has assembled over the years.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The masa must then be mixed with fat, broth and salt and aerated to achieve the right consistency before the tamales can be assembled, carefully wrapped and cooked.
    — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of assembled
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  • In mid-September, a grand jury met over five days to decide whether there was probable cause of criminal wrongdoing in connection with Wells’s death.
    — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Allison has met Xi and visited China multiple times, including in June 2026 for a World Economic Forum event.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of met
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  • Kristin, a cool, calm, and collected crisis negotiator from the purple tribe, negotiates with Kilby, a game designer from Canada on the yellow tribe.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Moving through the world with a little more intention and feeling a little more collected.
    — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of collected
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  • In 2001, in response to such critiques, the Smithsonian convened a blue-ribbon commission of historians and others led by Richard Darman, a former top aide in Republican White Houses.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026
  • That meeting was convened to prepare a formal resolution that the Bay Program could approve in December.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of convened
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  • For the occasion Rossi, who launched his brand after years of studying shoemaking under his footwear-guru father Sergio, has retraced the trajectory of his creative process and grouped his designs in a photographic tome published by Rizzoli.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Kardaris grouped ibogaine with other psychedelic or psychoactive substances that have drawn public interest.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of grouped
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  • According to Treasury, fishing vessels secretly rendezvoused at sea with smaller go-fast boats carrying cocaine north through the eastern Pacific.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Hayabusa2 launched in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the asteroid Ryugu four years later.
    — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 June 2026
Definition of rendezvoused

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“Congregated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregated. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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