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 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 When Iranian officials convened in Tehran to discuss the nation’s water crisis this month, President Masoud Pezeshkian asked them to remove their blazers to cope with the sweltering heat instead of switching on the air conditioning. —

Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 12 June 2026 Roizman convened a herpes virus workshop in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, in 1972. —

Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026 At that time, an 18-member Standardized Testing Task Force convened by the Academic Senate had recommended that the use of SAT and ACT tests be continued. —

Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026 Last week, a committee of scholars convened by Vanderbilt University released a report on the state of humanities and social sciences scholarship across the United States. —

Gary Saul Morson, Washington Post, 10 June 2026 In a gesture reflecting the move from monarchical privilege to democratic consulting, a committee was convened in the new country to create the Great Seal of the United States. —

Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026

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When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, the new first lady could have easily summoned a design from fashion’s upper echelons for her inaugural gown.

— Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Her grandson had summoned the officers and reported that someone whom the boy did not know was inside the house, Euless Police Department Assistant Chief Brenda Alvarado said in an interview with a reporter.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026