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 Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said at a press conference that local high school students congregated at the skate park at Carolyn Crayton Park late Saturday night after being told to leave the Airbnb where the party was supposed to be held. — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2026 The demonstrators, many wearing balaclavas, congregated on a street in the town, where many residents are republicans, who favor unification with the Republic of Ireland. — Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 The demonstrators, many wearing balaclavas, congregated on a street in the town, where many favor unification with the Republic of Ireland. — CBS News, 27 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
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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  • Most of the furniture comes from the owner’s personal collection, gathered over the course of a lifetime from visits to flea markets all over Europe.
    — Julia Wytrazek, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Dabrowski’s favorite moment came outside the livestream of the Telfar event from New York, where young Parisians gathered in a spirit of community, dressing with individuality rather than for the cameras.
    — Alex Badia, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
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  • Music, sports and sneaker culture converged in the street style, showcasing many of the influences that have shaped ComplexCon since its launch.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Players converged and the officials ultimately assessed five technical fouls.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of converged
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  • In one of those roles, the chair assembled a formal transition committee that met with me throughout my first six months.
    — Anna Maria Chavez, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Kim assembled a nine-person team, including an animation art director and a music director.
    — Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembled
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  • Sheffield then met Tamboran’s CEO at the time, Alabama native Joel Riddle.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The controversy has dominated WNBA press rooms so much that the league formed a task force of general managers and team presidents who met in August to discuss trans athletes, but ultimately did not update any eligibility rules.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026
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  • In a new study published in Science on Thursday, researchers collected stool samples from more than 170 people before and after a second or third dose of a COVID vaccine.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026
  • For larger donations, which usually arrive on pallets, brands pay per pound, after Fabscrap has collected and weighed the donations.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of collected
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  • So Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson all convened with Zaslav for an emergency meeting and ultimately agreed to serve as advisors who would shepherd the channel’s programming.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The school’s original proposal was among the lowest ranked by the citizen’s task force convened this summer to review two dozen proposals submitted for funding.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of convened
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  • The earlier four-count indictment grouped the devices found outside the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters together under each charge.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The concerts are grouped into two-night couplings with the group playing unique set lists each night.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 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 14 Oct. 2026.

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