convened

verb

past tense of convene
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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2
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 And be sure to tune into the Boiling Point Podcast, where this week host Miranda Green convened a panel of hopeful and determined thinkers to talk about a warming world at NYC Climate Week. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu convened the crisis meeting on Thursday following more than a week of protests by students in the Paris region. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026 Netanyahu convened security consultations over the incident and cleared the remainder of his schedule to manage the crisis, according to Reuters. — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Cornell convened a task force that issued a report on the incident in March 2026 and acknowledged the lawsuit last week. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 This past Thursday, the family’s legal team convened another news conference to discuss the findings from Wells’s cell phone. — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026 In 2001, in response to such critiques, the Smithsonian convened a blue-ribbon commission of historians and others led by Richard Darman, a former top aide in Republican White Houses. — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026 That meeting was convened to prepare a formal resolution that the Bay Program could approve in December. — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026 The commission, which is convened every 20 years, will begin its work in 2027, after this year’s election. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convened
  1. summoned
  2. gathered
  3. mustered
  4. met
  5. called
  6. converged
  7. assembled
  8. rendezvoused
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  • For example, the person cannot change residence or travel to another municipality or province without authorization and must appear before the court when summoned.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Reactionary beliefs and conspiratorial thinking are thus summoned out of these hipsters like a cobra from a basket.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
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  • More than 1,000 people were gathered as more than 50 shots were fired in at least two locations about a block apart in Vienna, Georgia, according to Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Deryck gathered up the platinum blonde lengths and rolled them into two equal portions on either side of Megan's head, pinning and sculpting them to resemble the pointed shape of a cat ear.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of gathered
Verb
  • The Chicago offense mustered just three hits in the game, and the Padres had three homers.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The Chiefs mustered four sacks in their opener but were blanked last week against the Colts, so Steve Spagnuolo will want Willis in as many obvious passing situations as possible.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of mustered
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  • Russian media also reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin observed the drills at the Chebarkul Training Ground on Friday and met foreign military attaches.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Most Read Reviews Appropriately enough for two musicians working at the cutting edge of this underground, Bowery Electric’s Martha Schwendener and Lawrence Chandler met while working at pre-fab master Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of met
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  • But Cunningham called the contact intentional and accused Carrington of seeking attention.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The first, called the College of Combat Support, will see people trained in operating and supporting battlefield systems, communications, engineering, electronic warfare, reconnaissance, etc.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of called
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  • On Tuesday, the morning after Bonta announced the settlement agreement, protesters converged outside of Paramount Skydance’s Melrose Avenue gate criticizing the deal.
    — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Washington drove toward goal as the defense converged on her.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of converged
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  • Roberts collaborated with renowned flute player Katisse Buckingham, who played jazz flute and Tim Loo, who assembled a group of musicians.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The company describes it as one of the largest datasets of intracortical neural activity assembled to date.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 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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“Convened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convened. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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