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present participle of convene

convening

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noun

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Recent Examples of convening
Noun
Adkins continued convening her own camps until 1933 and later offered them from 1939 to 1949. arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025 Washington — The Senate is convening as the 119th Congress gets underway on Friday, as a dozen new senators join the ranks of the Capitol's upper chamber. Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025 With the House done for the year, the Senate won't be taking up any bills that originated in its chamber, since House lawmakers aren't convening to consider anything senators already passed. Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024 Electors were convening to cast their electoral votes Tuesday at state Capitols around the nation; not just in Michigan. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024 The readings come as investors closely watch signals from Chinese leaders, who are convening this week in Beijing for a series of key meetings on economic planning for the coming year. Peter Catterall, Fortune Asia, 10 Dec. 2024 The announcement of the Creator Council is likely to elicit its share of skepticism and even snark from the golf social media community, questioning what the Tour truly aims to achieve by convening this group of influencers. Mike Dojc, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 In theory, the holidays should be a time of joyfully convening around sumptuous homemade meals and giving thanks for life’s great bounty. Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2024 The company followed the ad shift by convening its first upfront event for media buyers, during the main week of presentations in New York by legacy media giants as well as Netflix and YouTube. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convening
Verb
  • In the latest version of the Files by Google app, summoning Gemini while looking at a PDF gives you the option to ask about the file, writes Android Police.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 21 Dec. 2024
  • By the 1980s, when more modern methods of summoning help had supplanted its usefulness, the tower remained as a beacon for bored teenagers.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In this February 2011 photo provided by Liberty University, Rev. John MacArthur speaks at a convocation at the university in Lynchburg, Va.
    CBS News, CBS News, 15 July 2025
  • Many other web pages related to DEI were removed, including websites on convocation ceremonies, which previously served as small graduation ceremonies for students with different cultural and identity backgrounds.
    Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Now that Easter is approaching and the family will be gathering together, the woman is concerned about once again putting her elder daughter in an uncomfortable position of being excluded.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • An intense scrupulousness is still required of those tasked with gathering insight into players.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Four received summonses to appear in court at a later date and three were criminally charged, an NYPD spokesman said.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 10 June 2025
  • Of those taken into custody, 11 were given summonses, cops said.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Their collision at the Austrian GP, an inevitable result of their converging performance, was disappointing.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In short, these converging trends point toward a future where connectivity is not just pervasive but also secure, efficient and environmentally conscious.
    Max Silber, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Leaders are recognizing this opportunity, and assembling relocation programs that make the moves a little easier, and integrate new residents into the community.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • As lockdowns quickly spread across the country, the cast and crew are not only quarantined in their hotel but also isolated in their rooms, banned from assembling and even from entering the corridors.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Just a handful of Indigenous religious rights cases, including one involving the destruction of a sacred site, have passed muster in federal courts.
    Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 13 July 2025
  • Holmes also frequently noted that evidence cited by the government did not pass muster.
    Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

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