convenes

present tense third-person singular of convene

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of convenes The General Assembly convenes in April. John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025 Money markets are overwhelmingly pricing in another rate cut when the Federal Open Market Committee convenes again, according to the CME's FedWatch tool. Sean Conlon,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025 The Bank of England's monetary policy committee convenes next Thursday to deliver its next rate decision. Lucy Raitano, Reuters, 11 Sep. 2025 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
  • Sometimes the end almost reframes and summons everything that was going on at the beginning.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Thrown into crisis, King Gwanghae summons Heo Gyun based on clues left behind and questions him about Hong Gildong’s identity.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That space flows into a media room, where the family gathers to read and watch TV.
    Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Thereis a small walking group that gathers to do laps inside the mall, Cordon said.
    Victoria Le, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Elizabeth thinks for a while, and musters a small smile.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • What promises to be a perfect week is complicated when Sabrina meets Ian Turner (Sherwood), a handsome British visitor, at the hotel bar.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Its January chapter, where Miguel is left by Marta and meets Olga, lasts 90 minutes.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The country now assembles reactors in just five to six years, twice as fast as Western nations.
    Brad Plumer, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Those inevitable challenges could influence how Vitello assembles his coaching staff in the coming days and weeks.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The team eventually converges at the compound and a massive shootout ensues.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • What To Know Saturday's earthquakes struck the region that is part of the South Sandwich Trench, an active subduction zone where the South American Plate converges with the small South Sandwich Plate, causing one plate to plunge beneath the other.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Additionally, the letter calls on Congressional support for the European Union to overturn its ban on Sulfuryl Fluoride, a pesticide used to fumigate Southern Yellow Pine wood chips on breakbulk cargo ships.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In the spirit of art imitating life, the episode calls attention to the proliferation of potentially toxic chemicals in the products many of us slather daily on our face, body and hair.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025

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