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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
Meanwhile, the Senate convened a rare Saturday session, though senators did not vote and there is no deal in sight on a potential funding compromise.
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Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
After the final Senate vote, the legislation will move to the House, which has not convened since the shutdown began.
—Nik Popli, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
In the Lower Ninth Ward, people from across the country who’d been moved to climate action by Katrina convened with Al Gore and strategized.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
In response, a panel of experts convened in July to review scientific evidence on the risks and benefits of HRT for menopause.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
Ceballos did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but Coldwater City Council president Britt Lenertz issued a statement saying the mayor had convened council members for a special meeting on Wednesday to discuss the situation.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
While Taft limited his interactions with journalists, Woodrow Wilson convened the first-ever White House press conference in March 1913.
—JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2025
Sixty leading experts from a range of fields, including medicine, public health, criminology, law and the technology sector, convened earlier this year to create an action plan to address the problem.
—NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Taylor said that top DHS leaders were convened to discuss the crisis.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
After the final Senate vote, the legislation will move to the House, which has not convened since the shutdown began.
—Nik Popli, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
In the Lower Ninth Ward, people from across the country who’d been moved to climate action by Katrina convened with Al Gore and strategized.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
In response, a panel of experts convened in July to review scientific evidence on the risks and benefits of HRT for menopause.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
Ceballos did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but Coldwater City Council president Britt Lenertz issued a statement saying the mayor had convened council members for a special meeting on Wednesday to discuss the situation.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
While Taft limited his interactions with journalists, Woodrow Wilson convened the first-ever White House press conference in March 1913.
—JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2025
Sixty leading experts from a range of fields, including medicine, public health, criminology, law and the technology sector, convened earlier this year to create an action plan to address the problem.
—NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Taylor said that top DHS leaders were convened to discuss the crisis.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convened
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Goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega was summoned from the bench in the first half of San Diego FC’s playoff game against the Portland Timbers last week and, for about 70 minutes, looked to be leading the team to its biggest win yet.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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After Itsaragrisil eventually summoned security to escort Bosch out of the auditorium, other pageant hopefuls stood up to follow suit, as seen in the livestream feed.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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The attendees—thirty- and forty-somethings who are members of the bank’s Private Wealth Management (PWM) division, which boasts an average account size of over $75 million—gathered to hash out their anxiety and excitement.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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About 200 protesters gathered near a park near Aston Villa Park’s Trinity Road stand.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The offense still mustered just 205 yards.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Determinations of genocide, investigative commissions, and sanctions are nowhere near enough to curb the killing—nor are most of the peacemaking efforts mustered thus far.—
Alex de Waal,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Nov. 2025
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Shouts for it will be met by angry fingers jutted towards the various gaffes played ad nauseam on Sky Sports’ weekly Ref Watch, or the mandatory pause before the emotional unleashing as VAR mulls over whether a goal is a goal or just a hoax.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Uncensored, that Fergie met the man, Steve Wyatt, a millionaire entrepreneur from Texas, at the Houston Grand Opera’s British Opera Festival in 1989 and started an extramarital relationship with him soon after.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
9 Nov. 2025
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly endorsed the deal and called the immediate vote to begin the process of approving it as the shutdown continued to disrupt flights nationwide, threaten food assistance for millions of Americans and leave federal workers without pay.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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The book is called The Care and Keeping of You.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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In three of seven domains of the energy system, there is notable progress, often where emissions reduction, favorable economics and energy security goals converged.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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But the Californian and the Estonian converged on a radical reinvention of fundamentals.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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It is considered one of the greatest offenses ever assembled, as Durant joined forces with sharpshooters Steph Curry and Klay Thompson.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Key producer Sonia Friedman, working with StudioCanal and Eliza Lumley Productions on behalf of Universal Music UK, has assembled an award-winning team to collaborate with Sheppard, Kane and Pye.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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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.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Enola Gay flew to Iwo Jima, 3-1/2 hours away, circled once and rendezvoused with the photo and gauge B-29s.—
David Perlmutt,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Convened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convened. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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