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
Anthropic found that their system, freed from task constraints, converged on the densest patterns in human writing about meaning.
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Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
More frequent access Asparouhov said that several trend lines have converged, enabling Varda and United Therapeutics to collaborate.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
The crowd converged on him, demanding answers.
—James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
Paul Jabara led multiple lives that converged in gay disco.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
Dozens of urban artists from 17 countries have converged on one of Europe's most important industrial landmarks for a show that takes advantage of the former ironworks' sprawling spaces and aura of abandonment.
—ABC News, 9 May 2026
By the time the leaders converged on strategy with just over two hours of the race remaining, when a safety car period neutralized the race, strong stints from Van der Linde and Frijns had helped cement their car’s advantage.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 9 May 2026
But part of the reason is that even with our most precise and accurate measurements that lead to a determination of the gravitational constant, those various teams and methods haven’t converged on a single answer.
—Big Think, 6 May 2026
Other parents, alerted by the school that Iran was under attack, also converged on the school.
—Zohreh Saberi, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
More frequent access Asparouhov said that several trend lines have converged, enabling Varda and United Therapeutics to collaborate.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
The crowd converged on him, demanding answers.
—James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
Paul Jabara led multiple lives that converged in gay disco.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
Dozens of urban artists from 17 countries have converged on one of Europe's most important industrial landmarks for a show that takes advantage of the former ironworks' sprawling spaces and aura of abandonment.
—ABC News, 9 May 2026
By the time the leaders converged on strategy with just over two hours of the race remaining, when a safety car period neutralized the race, strong stints from Van der Linde and Frijns had helped cement their car’s advantage.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 9 May 2026
But part of the reason is that even with our most precise and accurate measurements that lead to a determination of the gravitational constant, those various teams and methods haven’t converged on a single answer.
—Big Think, 6 May 2026
Other parents, alerted by the school that Iran was under attack, also converged on the school.
—Zohreh Saberi, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converged
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About 1,000 children with intellectual disabilities from 26 states and Canada who ranged in age from 8 to 18 gathered at Soldier Field in Chicago to compete in 200 events.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Tax revenue gathered from cardrooms contributes to public safety funding, fire protection, youth programs, essential city services and non-profits, Kirkland added.—
Reeti Malhotra
Updated May 21,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2026
Verb
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Somewhere between Pomp and Circumstance and the president’s closing remarks, more than one commencement speaker this year mentioned artificial intelligence — and met a barrage of boos.—
Ann Kirschner,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Each with a bespoke gentleness to their rhythms, these newest works by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Koji Fukada, and grand master Hirokazu Koreeda have been met with differing degrees of enthusiasm, per the many critics’ grids floating around.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
Verb
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Fox even had its chief technology officer address the assembled at its upfront presentation.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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This reduction in mechanical complexity allows the system to be manufactured and assembled using standard US factory infrastructure and existing supply chains, which is intended to decrease both costs and deployment timelines.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 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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Last week, Colbert convened Fallon, Kimmel, Meyers and John Oliver for a visit on one of his last few episodes.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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The federal government convened task forces.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
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“Converged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converged. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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