as in confluence
the coming together of two or more things to the same point
the convergence of the city's major arteries on a single rotary
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Recent Examples of convergence
The construction on Interstate 20 east of Fort Worth and the work around the I-20/I-30 convergence west of the city is also part of the Texas Clear Lanes initiative.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Dec. 2025
Steele finds an earlier example of this convergence in the French designer Sonia Rykiel, whose elegant knitwear ensembles of the seventies became emblematic of a turn from haute couture to ready-to-wear.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
My hope is that the city never has to manage that convergence of factors ever again.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
The convergence of sports fans and Swifties had become visible in the crowd, too.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Dec. 2025
Steele finds an earlier example of this convergence in the French designer Sonia Rykiel, whose elegant knitwear ensembles of the seventies became emblematic of a turn from haute couture to ready-to-wear.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
My hope is that the city never has to manage that convergence of factors ever again.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
The convergence of sports fans and Swifties had become visible in the crowd, too.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convergence
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Observers of this political confluence have dubbed it the People’s Republic of Astoria, or a part of the Commie Corridor, a wider term that also includes nearby Greenpoint and Long Island City.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2026
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The king tides, among the highest of the year, are due to a confluence of multiple factors, including the full moon on Saturday along with Saturday's perihelion, when the Earth's orbit is the closest to the Sun.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
2 Jan. 2026
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SwifDoo also supports merging or splitting files, batch processing multiple documents, and converting PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and image formats.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, as the district considers closing and merging schools, Cassellius said the money could support new or improved recreational facilities at schools receiving displaced students.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Simple combinations like 1111, 4444 and 1234 were used to gain access to the messages waiting in the inbox.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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The chain started with a single location in Rogers in 2017 and offers more than 20,000 drink combinations.—
John Magsam,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Convergence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convergence. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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