1
as in church
a body of persons gathered for religious worship
the whole congregation began to sing with great fervor
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as in assembly
a body of people come together in one place
a congregation of journalists were at the hotel bar, discussing the latest developments
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Recent Examples of congregation
This season offered a wide variety of looks to explore together — from the ‘Wings of Voice’ contestants, to Sully and Lorrie’s ‘80s wedding, to the ‘60s church congregation.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 July 2025
Within a month, the Church of United Spiritualists was up and running, meeting in Greenwall’s Opera House until the congregation could build its own place of worship.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2025
Foulis lost to Joe Lloyd in the third U.S. Open, which was held at Chicago Golf Club in September 1897.
1982: The Wellington Avenue Church congregation voted to join the sanctuary movement — becoming just the second church in the United States to harbor refugees who entered the country illegally.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Each congregation has had members who self-deported under pressure by ICE agents.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 July 2025
Within a month, the Church of United Spiritualists was up and running, meeting in Greenwall’s Opera House until the congregation could build its own place of worship.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2025
Foulis lost to Joe Lloyd in the third U.S. Open, which was held at Chicago Golf Club in September 1897.
1982: The Wellington Avenue Church congregation voted to join the sanctuary movement — becoming just the second church in the United States to harbor refugees who entered the country illegally.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Each congregation has had members who self-deported under pressure by ICE agents.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregation
Noun
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Parishioners of Holy Trinity have suggested the Archdiocese is looking to close the church.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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Many religions share similar values of helping others in the community (including those outside the church), and often work together across religious lines to make their charity work most effective.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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But the corporate nature of real-life K-Pop musician training and band assembly means that even such iconic groups as BTS and Blackpink are fictions of a sort, designed by labels to appeal to fans.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
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To truly future-proof operations, supply chain leaders must rethink how to plan holistically across both front-end (wafer fabrication) and back-end (assembly, test and packaging) stages.—
Umesh Kumar Sharma,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The lawsuit’s goal is to ensure enforcement of the deed restrictions, which call for passive, non-commercial recreational uses not involving large assemblages of people or cars.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 July 2025
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There’s our Talmudic reading of the alternate-side calendar, with its we-are-the-world assemblage of holidays: to celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension, Eid al-Adha, and Tisha B’Av, a day of fasting that commemorates various Jewish disasters, nobody has to move their car.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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The founder has spent the past several months on the ground with freight brokerage leaders or with logistics customers at a golf conference, convincing them that this product would benefit their businesses.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
14 Aug. 2025
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Nominees from each conference are forwarded to the Woman of the Year selection committee, which will choose the top 10 honorees in each of three divisions.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Start your day with a morning coffee, drop by for a lunch meeting to dine on tasty salade niçoise and pinsa, or come here for date night to enjoy their blue crab toast and linguine with clams.—
Rana Good,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Trump had recently suggested that a meeting could happen soon.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Jimmys — Fallon and Kimmel — pine for that network audience.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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In 2020, a filmed version of the original Broadway production premiered on Disney+, expanding its reach to audiences around the world at a time when theaters were shuttered due to the pandemic.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Congregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregation. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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