as in gathered
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 converged
Some families of the victims were upset that more officers were not charged given that nearly 400 federal, state and local officers converged on the school soon after the attack.
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Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
In Paris, revelers converged around the glittering Champs-Élysées avenue.
—Dallas Morning News, 1 Jan. 2026
The red carpet debut of the movie was held in Rome at the historical Cinecittà, where both the Italian designer’s family and A-list celebrities converged to celebrate.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025
In footage from the play, Anunoby is seen on a breakaway when Bane and Magic guard Jalen Suggs converged on him and knocked the ball out of his hands.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
Tribal leaders from across Turtle Island (North America) converged on the Menominee Reservation this fall to celebrate the return of buffalo to the tribe.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 9 Dec. 2025
Hundreds converged for a candlelight vigil, some mourning family members lost to earlier violence, to call for justice, unity and an end to the killing.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025
For the first time, the top men’s and women’s rugby teams from around the world converged on Irvine this week for the Rugby Tens Championship.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi enters the Thanksgiving weekend facing mounting scrutiny after a series of legal and political setbacks converged into her most challenging week since taking office.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
In Paris, revelers converged around the glittering Champs-Élysées avenue.
—Dallas Morning News, 1 Jan. 2026
The red carpet debut of the movie was held in Rome at the historical Cinecittà, where both the Italian designer’s family and A-list celebrities converged to celebrate.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025
In footage from the play, Anunoby is seen on a breakaway when Bane and Magic guard Jalen Suggs converged on him and knocked the ball out of his hands.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
Tribal leaders from across Turtle Island (North America) converged on the Menominee Reservation this fall to celebrate the return of buffalo to the tribe.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 9 Dec. 2025
Hundreds converged for a candlelight vigil, some mourning family members lost to earlier violence, to call for justice, unity and an end to the killing.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025
For the first time, the top men’s and women’s rugby teams from around the world converged on Irvine this week for the Rugby Tens Championship.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi enters the Thanksgiving weekend facing mounting scrutiny after a series of legal and political setbacks converged into her most challenging week since taking office.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converged
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The attendees—thirty- and forty-somethings who are members of the bank’s Private Wealth Management (PWM) division, which boasts an average account size of over $75 million—gathered to hash out their anxiety and excitement.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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About 200 protesters gathered near a park near Aston Villa Park’s Trinity Road stand.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Shouts for it will be met by angry fingers jutted towards the various gaffes played ad nauseam on Sky Sports’ weekly Ref Watch, or the mandatory pause before the emotional unleashing as VAR mulls over whether a goal is a goal or just a hoax.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Uncensored, that Fergie met the man, Steve Wyatt, a millionaire entrepreneur from Texas, at the Houston Grand Opera’s British Opera Festival in 1989 and started an extramarital relationship with him soon after.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
9 Nov. 2025
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Early prototypes shown at CES were assembled rapidly for demonstration, but Lumus says the underlying architecture avoids exotic materials.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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The incident, captured on video by multiple bystanders, occurred as a group of people allegedly assembled to block ICE officers who were conducting an immigration enforcement operation.—
Amy McCarthy,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Japanese space agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), launched its Hayabusa2 mission in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the near-Earth C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu in June 2018.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Enola Gay flew to Iwo Jima, 3-1/2 hours away, circled once and rendezvoused with the photo and gauge B-29s.—
David Perlmutt,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Aug. 2025
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Semafor World Economy expects more than 400 of the world’s leading CEOs to participate in person in 2026, more than double the amount of CEOs convened in 2025, making Semafor World Economy the largest global CEO meeting in the US.—
Rachel Keidan,
semafor.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Later Sunday, South Korea convened an emergency national security council meeting to discuss the North Korean missile launches.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Converged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converged. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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