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as in summoning
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 meeting
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 convening
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Last month, 100 respected Black and Jewish leaders gathered in Miami at the first national convening of its kind in a generation.
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Michael Stevens,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
Disruptions caused by the war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz will also hasten the oil industry’s adoption of AI, AIQ CEO Dennis Jol said at the convening.
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Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
18 June 2026
Last month, the Wie Suite, a membership community for female leaders, hosted its first destination event, a convening of founders and C-level executives at Miraval Resorts in the Berkshires aimed at accelerating their next chapter.
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Danielle McNally,
InStyle,
17 June 2026
The convening model adds another layer, creating a physical gathering that turns the audience into community and community into commerce.
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Lin Cherry,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
From May 12 until May 23, check back daily for the best photos of all the A-listers convening on the Croisette in couture.
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Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
The shot must still be approved by the FDA and formally recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory committee, which has been blocked from convening by a federal judge.
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
The Foreign Policy Committee took the unusual step of convening on an almost daily basis from early January.
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Joshua Hunt,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
Instead of manually convening a team to diagnose why a manufacturing line or software development sprint has stalled, an agentic layer can surface potential root causes automatically.
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Peter High,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Cruz acknowledged the awkwardness of convening a hearing on the topic of college sports while larger global crises erupt.
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Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
3 June 2026
And outside the university, the cycling community is strong, convening at spots such as the Davis Bike Collective and Davis Bike Club.
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Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
Instead of convening advisory committees, Makary brought together rubber stamp panels to endorse the administration’s agenda.
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Joshua M. Sharfstein,
STAT,
16 May 2026
Many artists in the show are familiar to art audiences, but some, says Scheinman, will be brand new to the museum directors and curators, dealers, collectors and advisers convening in Switzerland this summer.
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Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
12 May 2026
Noun
That support represents one of the largest private commitments ever made on behalf of theoretical physics, including faculty research; graduate student and postdoc support; and inter-institutional conferences, workshops, visiting scholars and a network-wide convening every two years.
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Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Last month, 100 respected Black and Jewish leaders gathered in Miami at the first national convening of its kind in a generation.
—
Michael Stevens,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
Disruptions caused by the war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz will also hasten the oil industry’s adoption of AI, AIQ CEO Dennis Jol said at the convening.
—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
18 June 2026
Last month, the Wie Suite, a membership community for female leaders, hosted its first destination event, a convening of founders and C-level executives at Miraval Resorts in the Berkshires aimed at accelerating their next chapter.
—
Danielle McNally,
InStyle,
17 June 2026
The convening model adds another layer, creating a physical gathering that turns the audience into community and community into commerce.
—
Lin Cherry,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
From May 12 until May 23, check back daily for the best photos of all the A-listers convening on the Croisette in couture.
—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
Verb
The Semiquincentennial Commission was conjured into being by Congress back in 2016, during that long-ago summer when the Democratic Party was convening in Philadelphia and the succession of one form of representational liberalism to another seemed pretty well secure.
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Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
The shot must still be approved by the FDA and formally recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory committee, which has been blocked from convening by a federal judge.
—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
The Foreign Policy Committee took the unusual step of convening on an almost daily basis from early January.
—
Joshua Hunt,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
Instead of manually convening a team to diagnose why a manufacturing line or software development sprint has stalled, an agentic layer can surface potential root causes automatically.
—
Peter High,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Cruz acknowledged the awkwardness of convening a hearing on the topic of college sports while larger global crises erupt.
—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
3 June 2026
And outside the university, the cycling community is strong, convening at spots such as the Davis Bike Collective and Davis Bike Club.
—
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
Instead of convening advisory committees, Makary brought together rubber stamp panels to endorse the administration’s agenda.
—
Joshua M. Sharfstein,
STAT,
16 May 2026
Many artists in the show are familiar to art audiences, but some, says Scheinman, will be brand new to the museum directors and curators, dealers, collectors and advisers convening in Switzerland this summer.
—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convening
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Attendance at this year’s show is up about 5% from last year, according to Cinema United, the trade group that organizes the four-day convocation of thousands of movie theater owners, studio executives and industry folks at Caesars Palace.
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On March 5, Washington Square News editor Leena Ahmed broke the story that NYU has canceled all live student graduation speakers for all of its upcoming commencement and convocation ceremonies this spring.
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At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past.
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Happily, walking into Champagne Shack does not require summoning courage.
Verb
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The Tartan Army finally made it to Fenway, a sort of Loch Ness Monster meeting the Green Monstah, in time to watch the Texas Rangers beat the Red Sox 6-4, apparently drinking the Hub dry.
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And also meeting John Sparrow on the bench.
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Police said 10 people in the area around the parade were arrested and three others were issued summonses, on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to felony assault.
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Out of that number, 41 received criminal court summonses and were let go, while 15 were criminally charged and sent to court.
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At the end of the second season, multiple armies were mustering for war over King's Landing as the Targaryen clan just couldn't stop betraying each other long enough to govern.
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Like the uncharacteristically cool weather in West Sacramento for late May, the A’s offense continued its recent gloomy stretch of hitting, mustering a few middle-inning scoring opportunities but failing to get a clutch hit en route to a 9-1 loss.
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The intuitive Moon in your 10th House of Career and Status squares information-gathering Mercury in your 7th House of Partnership, pulling leadership choices into relational focus.
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Similar storm-clouds are now gathering around Sánchez, a canny politician known for outwitting his opponents.
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So if you’re put off by the bZ’s size, and are looking for something diminutive—and based on reader feedback, there are many of you out there—this small SUV will probably still fail to pass muster.
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Up the coast in New England, Bar Vlaha in Brookline passed muster, accompanied by a handful of Beantown favorites like Comfort Kitchen, Krasi, and Moonshine 152.
Verb
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During a press conference last week, Lamont issued his own proposal to require that electric utilities seek regular approval to continue operating in Connecticut but stopped short of calling for a public takeover.
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Raccoons living in your home can be detrimental in a variety of ways, and calling a professional to help remove them is a good idea.
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“Convening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convening. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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