congregated

past tense of congregate

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Recent Examples of congregated Men and women congregated separately inside the Grand Mosalla after body searches and metal detector checks. Nasser Karimi, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026 Men and women congregated separately inside the Grand Mosalla after being checked by metal detectors and body searches. Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026 Winthrop’s point was that the true church was anywhere where Christians congregated together. David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 People congregated around televisions, together, rubbing shoulders with all walks of life. Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 30 June 2026 Gay people found each other, by either word of mouth or the back pages of QNotes Carolinas, a local LGBTQ newspaper, and congregated in those areas. Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026 Archaeologists also found artifacts such as pottery, animal bone, charcoal and worked flints, suggesting that people would have congregated here to celebrate the solstices. Jack Guy, CNN Money, 18 June 2026 But nothing compared to the overflowing crowds that congregated after Saturday’s championship clincher. Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026 Early on during the march, firefighters extinguished a Tesla that was set ablaze next to the central bus stop and a phalanx of riot police cordoned off a secure area as a crowd congregated nearby. Jamey Keaten, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregated
Verb
  • The community gathered to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary.
    Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
  • Mourners gathered in Islamic Revolution Square for Khamenei's funeral procession chant slogans Monday.
    Marc Smith, NBC news, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Roughly 350 officers from Newport Beach and 17 other agencies including Irvine, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol converged in the area.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The incident prompted a large emergency response to the East River waterfront as FDNY marine units and other first responders converged on the area.
    Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Dondi assembled a small but mighty team and established swim lanes.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Luke Gennaro of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry said the exhibit was assembled on short notice after volunteers scrambled to secure donations from businesses across the state.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • The grand jury met in Oakland on July 2, according to the documents, which were signed by a federal prosecutor.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Crutsinger was released from the hospital Thursday and was met by friends, family and members of the Ponder ISD community.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Signatures for the Perkins recall were collected in two batches.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
  • Jersey Mike’s has filed for an initial public offering, and its disclosures reveal just how much its founder and former CEO Peter Cancro and his family collected in compensation and other perks.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • The funding was announced during a virtual meeting on clean cooking in Africa convened by IEA and Kenya, where leaders reviewed progress made since the last summit and outlined priorities ahead of the next gathering later this year.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • Little of this was in discussion as the NATO leaders convened in Ankara.
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Fish and other tiny critters get grouped together in the remaining shallow puddles.
    Alex Harris July 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
  • Council members approved the compensation agreement and authorized project expenditures as part of the June 30 consent agenda, meaning the actions were considered routine and grouped alongside other items for approval with minimal discussion.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Hayabusa2 launched in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the asteroid Ryugu four years later.
    Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 June 2026
  • 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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“Congregated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregated. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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