convenes

verb

present tense third-person singular of convene
1
as in summons
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 gathers
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 convenes The event convenes manufacturers, investors, government officials, and technology providers from around the world to discuss how to modernize and rebuild the sector. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 July 2026 Primavera often convenes small gatherings to bring wary Western executives and institutional investors to visit robotic firms, battery makers, and electric-car plants in the country. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 July 2026 After the world’s most awkward funeral, everyone convenes back at the family’s nearby vacation house. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026 Hunter constructed a wooden back porch (with soundscape, empty milk bottles, washboard and broom) and a moveable front stoop in the BMRC Gallery — integral places in Chicago and the South Side where the Black community convenes. — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026 Her leadership convenes cross-sector stakeholders to scale high-impact models that expand opportunity — particularly for emerging institutions and underserved communities. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 18 June 2026 Lawmakers are expected to begin work when the special session convenes on June 17 at the Georgia State Capitol. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 14 June 2026 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, 12 June 2026 There’s a 10-year tax commission that convenes next year as part of the state’s constitutional requirements. — Sofia Baltodano, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convenes
  1. summons
  2. gathers
  3. musters
  4. meets
  5. assembles
  6. converges
  7. calls
Verb
  • In an attempt to regain her powers, Lucia accidentally summons a cosmic entity known as Altair.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • Chief to its success is a powerhouse performance by Yana Radeva, who summons the spirit of Gena Rowlands in Gloria as a woman determined not to be defined by men.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 May 2026
Definition of summons
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  • Rooms open toward the water, the terrace gathers the view from three sides and the modest footprint keeps the experience close.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Once the story gathers everyone into the house and lets the mayhem start in earnest, an overall feeling of Gothic grimness and rotting-corpse griminess takes hold.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026
Definition of gathers
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  • With unwavering resolve, Salvador musters an eclectic band of misfit street kids, led by the spirited Belén, to challenge the unyielding threads of destiny and protect Carmen from inevitable doom.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 May 2026
  • Within the current dynamics of the War Powers Resolution, until Congress musters bipartisan supermajorities to connect its own institutional ambition with constitutional power, presidents from either party will decide alone if, and when, the country goes to war.
    — Jasmine Farrier, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Definition of musters
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  • Knowing where a company sits in the AI stack, where agentic meets generative, and how to assess servers versus storage is becoming ever more crucial for tracking the runners and riders in the AI race.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • Norway have two players, including Erling Haaland, free at the far post when Ajer meets the ball.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of meets
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  • An employee assembles a long-range drone in a workshop of the Fire Point company which manufactures FP-1 deep-strike drones and FP-2 strike drones in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on January 29, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • In terms of overall quality, the movie the player assembles out of that 652-page framework isn’t bad!
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
Definition of assembles
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  • The reviewer's eye glides over patterns it has been trained to trust, and the review converges to a ritual approval regardless of risk profile.
    — Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The expansion converges with a sense of urgency among Democrats to be more aggressive on digital platforms, where audiences are increasingly concentrated.
    — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of converges
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  • Cristobal calls change ‘a positive step’ This new process would have benefited Miami greatly last year when determining who would make the conference championship.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • These 126 spacecraft will be part of a larger LEO network that the SDA calls the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of calls

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