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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
These gatherings are not organized the way teenagers congregated a generation ago.
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Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
The lack of these features in the mega-structure suggests that the residents might have congregated there for communal activities, potentially including governance, according to Archaeology Magazine.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
After sunset, the crowd congregated for celebrations and shows at a large open-air theater for Caribbean dance performances, retro-themed fêtes, and rock music sessions.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2026
The squad congregated outside the dressing room, slapping hands and hugging each other.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 25 May 2026
The result was that on Tuesday, thousands of kids, many of them high school seniors skipping school, congregated at Hampton Beach.
—Kristina Rex, CBS News, 22 May 2026
In Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood, with permission from the police department, the principal of the local high school, school staff members and dozens of parents congregated along the street where a teen takeover was planned.
—Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 11 May 2026
The community congregated around FiveFourFive reflects in part Santeramo’s following, but it’s clearly grown past that.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
Crowds numbering in the hundreds then gathered at Chick-fil-A and surrounding businesses, where fights broke out and individuals illegally congregated.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
The lack of these features in the mega-structure suggests that the residents might have congregated there for communal activities, potentially including governance, according to Archaeology Magazine.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
After sunset, the crowd congregated for celebrations and shows at a large open-air theater for Caribbean dance performances, retro-themed fêtes, and rock music sessions.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2026
The squad congregated outside the dressing room, slapping hands and hugging each other.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 25 May 2026
The result was that on Tuesday, thousands of kids, many of them high school seniors skipping school, congregated at Hampton Beach.
—Kristina Rex, CBS News, 22 May 2026
In Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood, with permission from the police department, the principal of the local high school, school staff members and dozens of parents congregated along the street where a teen takeover was planned.
—Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 11 May 2026
The community congregated around FiveFourFive reflects in part Santeramo’s following, but it’s clearly grown past that.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
Crowds numbering in the hundreds then gathered at Chick-fil-A and surrounding businesses, where fights broke out and individuals illegally congregated.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregated
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As national movements for racial justice gathered momentum a decade ago, students on campuses were also becoming more aware and outspoken about racial harms.—
Ingrid A. Nelson,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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The airy confines of the stately home where Allied commanders are gathered provide both the grandeur and the contrast to the minutiae inked out on vast maps in the small hours of the night.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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More than 250,000 people converged on Soldier Field in Chicago for the opening of the Catholic Church’s 28th International Eucharistic Congress.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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At the Sana Summit, all of those threads converged into a philosophically complete argument.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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Nothing is mysterious about these history-making Knicks, other than the executive who assembled them.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Some are composites assembled from multiple dinosaurs or replica bones to create the illusion of a more complete skeleton.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
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Larry King and Billie Jean King met at Cal State Los Angeles and married in 1965.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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The game Friday was the fourth year in a row the Colts and Highlanders met in the finals, and with the exception of 2025, the Colts have won each time.—
Ethan Hanson,
Daily News,
30 May 2026
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The history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic has recently become the subject of numerous oral history projects, where the stories of survivors, caregivers, activists, and health care professionals have been collected and made available online, traditionally published, and edited into documentaries.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
3 June 2026
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Instead, it will be collected and stored until the end of their voyage, like the existing policy toward liquor purchased at ports.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Television networks interrupted regular broadcasts to cover the news, and President Clinton convened a Rose Garden press conference to comment on it.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
1 June 2026
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The Florida Legislature, which is controlled by a Republican supermajority, convened this week to decide whether to put the Save Our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes resolution on the November ballot.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2026
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Under bee rules, spellers are grouped by their number of correct answers.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Companies that fail to align with these expectations risk being grouped with the worst actors, regardless of their intentions.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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However, unlike the X-37B, Shenlong has rendezvoused with other objects in space.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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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
Cite this Entry
“Congregated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregated. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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