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
By Monday evening, the wildfires had converged into one and consumed 15,888 acres with no containment, according to San Juan Incident Management Team Eight, which is leading the fire response.
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Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
30 June 2026
Hanson has long tried to dismantle the crown jewel of Howard’s legacy—yet after Australia’s worst mass shooting since Port Arthur, her rhetoric and Howard’s converged.
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Oscar Schwartz,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Some research groups have converged on lightweight wearable capture, with Meta's Project Aria glasses being one example of systems being used for collecting first-person human demonstrations.
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Rushil Agarwal,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The family converged on the hospital where Samaro and his wife planned to go later that day.
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Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
26 June 2026
The era of tech across these decades converged two of the things Americans love most — a feelgood bootstrapping story with playable toys, and who couldn’t get down with that?
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Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
Ecuador fans from all over have converged to see their team play, photos show.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
21 June 2026
The interlocking puzzle of the iPhone, GPS and Google Maps was a moment when multiple strands of technological development…converged into a single life-changing package.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Earlier, the Delaware News Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported that dozens of police officers — some with long rifles and tactical gear — had converged on the main and emergency room entrances at the hospital.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
30 June 2026
Hanson has long tried to dismantle the crown jewel of Howard’s legacy—yet after Australia’s worst mass shooting since Port Arthur, her rhetoric and Howard’s converged.
—
Oscar Schwartz,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Some research groups have converged on lightweight wearable capture, with Meta's Project Aria glasses being one example of systems being used for collecting first-person human demonstrations.
—
Rushil Agarwal,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The family converged on the hospital where Samaro and his wife planned to go later that day.
—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
26 June 2026
The era of tech across these decades converged two of the things Americans love most — a feelgood bootstrapping story with playable toys, and who couldn’t get down with that?
—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
Ecuador fans from all over have converged to see their team play, photos show.
—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
21 June 2026
The interlocking puzzle of the iPhone, GPS and Google Maps was a moment when multiple strands of technological development…converged into a single life-changing package.
—
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Earlier, the Delaware News Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported that dozens of police officers — some with long rifles and tactical gear — had converged on the main and emergency room entrances at the hospital.
—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converged
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Dirt dike riders surround Baltimore police Police said large groups of dirt bike riders traveled through city parks in North and South Baltimore and gathered near Druid Hill Park.
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On June 13, hundreds of true believers gathered at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California dressed in colorful, reflective, space-age outfits to watch a film and celebrate the existence of aliens.
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Bat met ball and, under his breath, Astros manager Joe Espada muttered an expletive.
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Her post and subsequent comment were met by a flood of support from fans and commenters.
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When compute, storage, and networking are designed, validated, and delivered as one system rather than assembled from parts that were never built to work together, the entire stack reaches production on a single timeline.
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Many of the drones can be assembled domestically, but Hezbollah is reliant on components from abroad.
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However, unlike the X-37B, Shenlong has rendezvoused with other objects in space.
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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.
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Kehoe, for example, recently convened a forum promoting the industry’s growth and his administration has pursued large-scale data center projects, including in Kansas City.
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Following the Declaration of Independence, the Constitutional Convention convened in 1787 in Philadelphia.
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“Converged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converged. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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