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
Within steps of one another, the law, the press and the community converged to bend the arc of American democracy.
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Alvin C. Hathaway Sr, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2026
As the world’s top technology executives converged on India’s AI Impact Summit this week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai pushed back on growing concerns over whether the tech industry’s massive AI spending spree can ever pay off.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
Why Investors Piled Into Gold Several factors converged to fuel the rally.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
Shortly before midnight, deputies and FBI agents also converged at a nearby Culver's parking lot, looking closely at a gray Range Rover before towing it away.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Three generations of family history have converged in this moment, and all the Burtons are grateful.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
Marcos’s power peaked when repression, elite accommodation, and international support converged.
—Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
More than 1,000 students walked off their campuses around the Sacramento area Friday and converged on the state Capitol to protest federal immigration enforcement.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
The film captures the dramatic events as citizens, lawmakers, soldiers and police officers converged on the Assembly, with memories of the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising resurfacing amid the chaos.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Alvin C. Hathaway Sr, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2026
As the world’s top technology executives converged on India’s AI Impact Summit this week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai pushed back on growing concerns over whether the tech industry’s massive AI spending spree can ever pay off.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
Why Investors Piled Into Gold Several factors converged to fuel the rally.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
Shortly before midnight, deputies and FBI agents also converged at a nearby Culver's parking lot, looking closely at a gray Range Rover before towing it away.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Three generations of family history have converged in this moment, and all the Burtons are grateful.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
Marcos’s power peaked when repression, elite accommodation, and international support converged.
—Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
More than 1,000 students walked off their campuses around the Sacramento area Friday and converged on the state Capitol to protest federal immigration enforcement.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
The film captures the dramatic events as citizens, lawmakers, soldiers and police officers converged on the Assembly, with memories of the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising resurfacing amid the chaos.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converged
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Investigators are analyzing biological evidence found at Guthrie's residence, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department, which previously said that DNA gathered at the scene could potentially belong to the suspect.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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Close to 100 people gathered in the large basement at the Schofield home, where Coyne Schofield’s husband — former Super Bowl-winning Denver Broncos guard Michael Schofield — led the party efforts.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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If these issues can be addressed/met, then this new battery could have some legs.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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Alongside peace talks conducted over the past year, the head of Russia’s state fund has frequently met with Witkoff to discuss massive economic deals including the acquisition of Russian energy assets and rare-earth mines, in exchange for bringing Russia sanctions relief.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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The remarks by two Iranian officials came a day before the talks and as America has assembled its biggest deployment of aircraft and warships to the Middle East in decades.—
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Carenector team was assembled with the plan to scale up in the future with health care compliance in mind.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Feb. 2026
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However, unlike the X-37B, Shenlong has rendezvoused with other objects in space.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
23 Feb. 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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It is believed the meeting has been convened in response to criticism of political statements made at the festival.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
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On a backfield at Scottsdale Stadium, the San Francisco Giants front office staff has convened to watch batting practice during the first full squad workout of the Spring.—
Matt Lively,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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