convenes

present tense third-person singular of convene

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of convenes Forbes connects and convenes the most influential communities ranging from billionaires, business leaders and rising entrepreneurs to creators and innovators. Forbes Press Releases, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 With the Catholic Church suddenly left without a pope, Dean Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) convenes a conclave to elect a successor and opens the door to a closet full of skeletons surrounding the leading candidates. Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025 And despite Warren’s public push Friday for such financial support, there are no promises the bill will generate any momentum when the fall session convenes. Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convenes
Verb
  • Later that evening at Leathers, Simon summons Julia to his bedroom.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Both men will be summonsed to court to face a charge of selling fireworks.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • An extension of the Black Hole, Raider Nation gathers at this spot and turns it into a football frenzy on Sundays, or whenever the Raiders suit up.
    Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The information TransUnion gathers is compiled into individual credit reports, which lenders, landlords and other parties use to assess a person’s creditworthiness and associated risk.
    Brian Sloan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For comparison, the current Porsche 911 GT3 RS, with its Boeing-spec rear wing, musters a maximum of 1,896 pounds of downforce.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Bathsheba successfully forces one woman to kill her child but meets her match in the one-two punch of Lili Taylor and Farmiga.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Projections show a 'dire' future for the river Worst-case hydrology could also reduce the river's flows to a point where the water received by Lower Basin states and Mexico no longer meets the amount required by a century-old compact governing water use on the river.
    Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The screams, the reason everyone assembles, when the screams come, after a few collective inhales and exhales and a moment to gather one’s thoughts, the screams come like long guttural howls.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The convoy assembles In order to have a car show with loud exhausts and big rumbling engines in a residential neighborhood, Fizel had to make a few calls.
    Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Others argue that over the long term sustainability at the system level converges with sustainable value creation.
    Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But the city has also faced a recent string of controversies under her leadership and calls for greater transparency.
    Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Coel, the boundary-pushing revelation from I May Destroy You, is a perfect foil, hiding Lori’s feelings behind her deadpan delivery, unblinking sphinx-like stare and wary body language but poised to shoot barbs when the moment calls for them.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Convenes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convenes. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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