as in to meet
to come together into one body or place
hungry students converged on the cafeteria almost as soon as the class bell rang
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Recent Examples of converge
Music, history, food and culture converge to create a city that is still alive with charm, creativity and soul.
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Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Amidst an anti-colonial revolt, and with Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
The vibrant multicultural port city is in itself a singular destination, where Malay, Chinese, Indian, and British colonial influences converge.
—Jasmine Ting, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2026
When problems are framed the same way, solutions converge before anyone recognizes that a choice was made.
—Big Think, 20 Mar. 2026
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Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Amidst an anti-colonial revolt, and with Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
The vibrant multicultural port city is in itself a singular destination, where Malay, Chinese, Indian, and British colonial influences converge.
—Jasmine Ting, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2026
When problems are framed the same way, solutions converge before anyone recognizes that a choice was made.
—Big Think, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for converge
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Senior officials from across the sprawling defense bureaucracy met biweekly in a conference room by Work’s office to tackle the new problem and change how American military leaders think.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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The 73-year-old Pitino and 63-year-old Bill Self coached against each other for only the second time in the Hall of Famers' decades-long careers, meeting for the first time in March Madness.—
CBS New York Team,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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On March 18th, Hadi gathered with friends to celebrate Chaharshanbe Suri, a festival of fire on the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz, the Persian New Year, which begins on March 20th.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Before sunrise in downtown Dallas, volunteers gather in near silence, scanning sidewalks and glass towers for signs of birds that didn’t survive the night’s migration.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The group assembles in a staggered formation and uses hand signals to communicate road hazards and turns.—
Brenda Miranda,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
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Eventually, amid depth-charge bass blasts and Spikeheart’s death-metal growls, a beat assembles itself, at first vaguely trap-like, then closer in spirit to UK funky.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
25 Mar. 2026
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That flight will now be followed by an additional mission next year — Artemis III — in which astronauts aboard an Orion capsule in low-Earth orbit will rendezvous and dock with one or both moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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This time the dress traveled to Milan to rendezvous with Moore.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
4 Mar. 2026
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Chiefs beat writers Pete Sweeney and Blair Kerkhoff convened in The Star’s (mock) draft room to come up with choices for all nine picks.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
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Balerion Space Ventures, a venture capital firm that has invested in multiple companies, convened an investor summit there in January 2025, according to an invitation viewed by ProPublica.—
Avi Asher-Schapiro,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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The offices of directors, producers and casting agents sat squeezed alongside spaces where strugglers congregated.—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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Arriving early gives you a better chance of snagging a spot in a close-in lot, such as Lower South Lot 1, where tailgaters congregate.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Converge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converge. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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