CONVENED Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

convened

verb

past tense of convene

as in summoned

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command convened the members of the council for an emergency session

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as in gathered

to come together into one body or place the conventioneers convened in the auditorium to hear the guest speaker

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Recent Examples of convened Top executives convened for a panel hosted by The Female Quotient and F1 Academy during the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 29 Oct. 2026 Despite that lack of evidence, the loosening of restrictions has come after the FDA began analyzing how to make the substances more accessible and convened a panel to discuss allowing compounding pharmacies to manufacture them. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026 Kosovo's Parliament convened for an urgent session on Monday in response to Zekaj's death. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 The New York Times convened five experts—including New York State assemblyman Alex Bores, economist Tyler Cowen, and AI Now Institute policy lead Kate Brennan—spanning the full AI-safety spectrum for a roundtable about AI regulation. — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026 The state agency launched the effort in 2022, convened a stakeholder committee in 2024 and has twice previously published proposals regarding dock sizes. — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 27 Oct. 2026 The festival also screened independent pilots and convened a panel about how artificial intelligence is reshaping the TV business. — The Deadline Team, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026 To address these issues, CNBC convened its premiere council of human resource executives in New York City on October 27, 2026 for the annual CNBC Workforce Executive Summit. — Ian Thomas,colleen McKown, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026 In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge convened a board to study aviation for national defense. — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

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Prosecutors have requested that the defendants be summoned for questioning, but the judge has not ordered it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Forensic teams summoned to a nearby police complex during the raid were never sent to the scenes, according to records reviewed by the organization.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of summoned

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This week, ahead of Abu Dhabi’s flagship energy conference ADIPEC, senior executives and CEOs from the energy industry gathered to discuss the challenges facing the industry under the Chatham House Rule.

— Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
At the news conference, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said investigators at his office gathered video evidence, interviewed witnesses and worked closely with prosecutors to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of gathered

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The Dream went into halftime with a six-point lead and Golden State mustered only 24 points – the ninth time in this series a team failed to reach 30 points in a half.

— Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Indications from polls and analysts are that even after voters have their say, no one bloc will have mustered a legislative majority.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026

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Eisenkot drove him to his unit’s base, where lines of cars were already forming as reservists converged.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026
The differing approaches, which converged somewhat in Paralyzed By Hope, are equally legit, Netflix’s vp of original documentaries Adam Del Deo, told THR.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of converged

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For Round 2, Raman’s allies assembled a series of outside campaign committees to promote her mayoral bid.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Since taking office, Mamdani has named Diya Vij, an arts-organizations veteran, to lead the Department of Cultural Affairs, and assembled a slew of heavyweights to serve on his Committee on Arts and Culture.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of assembled

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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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