1
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
So media outlets from across England and the world had convened to devour the scene of his arrival, only to be consumed themselves by the pure spectacle Mourinho generated.
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Jack Holmes,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
Last week following the G7 summit, European leaders convened to discuss the possibility of addressing a 360-billion-euro ($413 billion) trade deficit with China through new duties.
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Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
In October 2025, a team of 16 genealogists from three countries convened for a weekend to work on the case.
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Fellows convened in Los Angeles for several days of meetings, seminars, and networking events in the fall, followed by weekly virtual workshops featuring industry leaders, including Lilly Wachowski and Mark Duplass.
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Katie Campione,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Potentates and glitterati convened in Woodlawn this week to celebrate the opening of the Obama Presidential Center.
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David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
Yoon recently served on a 15-person advisory committee, made up of ISP alumni and faculty, meant to plot the future of the ISP, which was convened by Adrienne Edwards, Whitney senior curator and associate director of curatorial programs.
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Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026
How such a system could be replicated in a nation of tens or hundreds of millions is unclear, although Landemore sees encouraging signs in advisory citizen councils that have been convened in Canada, Ireland, Iceland, and France.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Under President Barack Obama the United States convened two sets of international negotiations.
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David Balton,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
Jack Holmes,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
Last week following the G7 summit, European leaders convened to discuss the possibility of addressing a 360-billion-euro ($413 billion) trade deficit with China through new duties.
—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
In October 2025, a team of 16 genealogists from three countries convened for a weekend to work on the case.
—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Fellows convened in Los Angeles for several days of meetings, seminars, and networking events in the fall, followed by weekly virtual workshops featuring industry leaders, including Lilly Wachowski and Mark Duplass.
—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Potentates and glitterati convened in Woodlawn this week to celebrate the opening of the Obama Presidential Center.
—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
Yoon recently served on a 15-person advisory committee, made up of ISP alumni and faculty, meant to plot the future of the ISP, which was convened by Adrienne Edwards, Whitney senior curator and associate director of curatorial programs.
—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026
How such a system could be replicated in a nation of tens or hundreds of millions is unclear, although Landemore sees encouraging signs in advisory citizen councils that have been convened in Canada, Ireland, Iceland, and France.
—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Under President Barack Obama the United States convened two sets of international negotiations.
—
David Balton,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convened
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Nonetheless, Berkeley’s handling of the fiasco had incurred the wrath of King Charles II, who summoned him back to England to explain his actions.
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That's right, I've been summoned to the Mothership.
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The Democratic convention comes two weeks after state Republicans gathered in Houston, an event that featured statewide candidates urging party unity after a bruising primary season.
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At the Old Lisbon restaurant in Aventura, fans have gathered to cheer on the Portuguese team.
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Australia managed a whopping 14 touches in the opposing penalty box; Paraguay mustered six.
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Tens of thousands of troops were mustered in Allegheny County alone, and other than New York, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided more manpower to the Union army than any other state.
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Rob Pelinka, the Lakers’ president of basketball operations, met Carr at the facility on Friday but didn’t speak with the media during the news conference.
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Abbott’s camp made its presence known in Corpus Christi as Democrats met Friday, with the help of a bovine and by handing out breakfast tacos.
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One of the entities that helped turn an idea into those accounts was a partnership called the Emergency Savings Initiative (ESI), between asset manager BlackRock and Commonwealth, a national nonprofit focused on financial security.
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Tetanus is caused by a bacterium called Clostridium tetani.
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Ecuador fans from all over have converged to see their team play, photos show.
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The interlocking puzzle of the iPhone, GPS and Google Maps was a moment when multiple strands of technological development…converged into a single life-changing package.
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When compute, storage, and networking are designed, validated, and delivered as one system rather than assembled from parts that were never built to work together, the entire stack reaches production on a single timeline.
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Many of the drones can be assembled domestically, but Hezbollah is reliant on components from abroad.
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However, unlike the X-37B, Shenlong has rendezvoused with other objects in space.
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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.
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