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
Investors should buckle up for a bumpy ride as multiple risks have suddenly converged to test what looked like an unstoppable stock rally.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 June 2026
International dive teams that converged on the country's Xaisomboun province, where monsoon flood waters trapped the miners last month, were heading back home on Sunday, a search coordinator told ABC News.
—Aicha El Hammar Castano, ABC News, 7 June 2026
Thousands of Knicks fans converged on Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night for a pair of NBA Finals watch parties.
—Dick Brennan, CBS News, 4 June 2026
The common ground is their underdog paths that have converged to create a lose-lose scenario for the house.
—Doug Kezirian, New York Times, 3 June 2026
More than 250,000 people converged on Soldier Field in Chicago for the opening of the Catholic Church’s 28th International Eucharistic Congress.
—USA Today, 2 June 2026
As many as 14 San Diego police personnel converged on the scene, including a lieutenant, a sergeant, two detectives and a media relations officer, the plaintiff’s lawyers said.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
Over the course of their existences, some blogs have gone from independent to aligned/converged with corporate media, including the website FiveThirtyEight.
—Jeremy Saks, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
According to an internal message to police department personnel from Superintendent Larry Snelling reviewed by the Tribune, more than 800 people converged on the beach Monday, where cops recovered 15 guns.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 June 2026
International dive teams that converged on the country's Xaisomboun province, where monsoon flood waters trapped the miners last month, were heading back home on Sunday, a search coordinator told ABC News.
—Aicha El Hammar Castano, ABC News, 7 June 2026
Thousands of Knicks fans converged on Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night for a pair of NBA Finals watch parties.
—Dick Brennan, CBS News, 4 June 2026
The common ground is their underdog paths that have converged to create a lose-lose scenario for the house.
—Doug Kezirian, New York Times, 3 June 2026
More than 250,000 people converged on Soldier Field in Chicago for the opening of the Catholic Church’s 28th International Eucharistic Congress.
—USA Today, 2 June 2026
As many as 14 San Diego police personnel converged on the scene, including a lieutenant, a sergeant, two detectives and a media relations officer, the plaintiff’s lawyers said.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
Over the course of their existences, some blogs have gone from independent to aligned/converged with corporate media, including the website FiveThirtyEight.
—Jeremy Saks, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
According to an internal message to police department personnel from Superintendent Larry Snelling reviewed by the Tribune, more than 800 people converged on the beach Monday, where cops recovered 15 guns.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converged
Verb
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As national movements for racial justice gathered momentum a decade ago, students on campuses were also becoming more aware and outspoken about racial harms.—
Ingrid A. Nelson,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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The airy confines of the stately home where Allied commanders are gathered provide both the grandeur and the contrast to the minutiae inked out on vast maps in the small hours of the night.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
Verb
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Larry King and Billie Jean King met at Cal State Los Angeles and married in 1965.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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The game Friday was the fourth year in a row the Colts and Highlanders met in the finals, and with the exception of 2025, the Colts have won each time.—
Ethan Hanson,
Daily News,
30 May 2026
Verb
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Across a 90-foot wall at the Orlando Museum of Art, Tommerup assembled three monumental pyramids built from canvases dragged through the ocean and Biscayne Bay, dried in flowering trees and tossed from rooftops at dusk, surrendering part of the creative process to nature itself.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Those same instincts run through Dirty Blonde, an album that feels less engineered and more lived-in—shaped in real time rather than assembled from above.—
Desjah Altvater,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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Last week, a committee of scholars convened by Vanderbilt University released a report on the state of humanities and social sciences scholarship across the United States.—
Gary Saul Morson,
Washington Post,
10 June 2026
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No date was immediately set for the session, but the assembly said it would be convened as soon as possible.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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