converged

verb

past tense of converge
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 Musk has converged with Sony’s wide release this weekend of Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning, a sequel to The Social Network focused on the dangerous, sordid side of Facebook under founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026 Riot police gathered in side streets as students converged on the school. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 Music, sports and sneaker culture converged in the street style, showcasing many of the influences that have shaped ComplexCon since its launch. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 Players converged and the officials ultimately assessed five technical fouls. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 To find the proof for zeta(3), Apéry sandwiched the function between two infinite series that converged at just the right speed to ensure zeta(3) must be irrational. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026 The PetroCaribe movement soon converged into broader anger over high inflation, kidnappings and the growing reach of armed gangs. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 On Tuesday, the morning after Bonta announced the settlement agreement, protesters converged outside of Paramount Skydance’s Melrose Avenue gate criticizing the deal. — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Washington drove toward goal as the defense converged on her. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converged
  1. gathered
  2. met
  3. assembled
  4. rendezvoused
  5. convened
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  • Most of the furniture comes from the owner’s personal collection, gathered over the course of a lifetime from visits to flea markets all over Europe.
    — Julia Wytrazek, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Dabrowski’s favorite moment came outside the livestream of the Telfar event from New York, where young Parisians gathered in a spirit of community, dressing with individuality rather than for the cameras.
    — Alex Badia, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • Sheffield then met Tamboran’s CEO at the time, Alabama native Joel Riddle.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The controversy has dominated WNBA press rooms so much that the league formed a task force of general managers and team presidents who met in August to discuss trans athletes, but ultimately did not update any eligibility rules.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of met
Verb
  • In one of those roles, the chair assembled a formal transition committee that met with me throughout my first six months.
    — Anna Maria Chavez, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Kim assembled a nine-person team, including an animation art director and a music director.
    — Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembled
Verb
  • According to Treasury, fishing vessels secretly rendezvoused at sea with smaller go-fast boats carrying cocaine north through the eastern Pacific.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Hayabusa2 launched in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the asteroid Ryugu four years later.
    — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 June 2026
Definition of rendezvoused
Verb
  • Nadella recalled a meeting around 2008–09, convened by then-chairman Bill Gates, to review a potential acquisition involving a team working on parallel data warehousing.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • But by 1965, when Johnson convened a committee to study the issue, half of those buildings had been either destroyed or damaged beyond repair.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of convened

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“Converged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converged. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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