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 Iran war is reshaping relations between Europe and the Gulf, bringing security to the forefront and exposing a growing convergence of interests, writes Katarzyna Sidło for the European Union Institute for Security Studies.
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Dr. Robert Mogielnicki, semafor.com, 19 May 2026
Despite the groups’ divergent ideologies, the cooperation appears to have produced clear tactical convergence, including town takeovers, the use of suicide bombings, and sniper and ambush tactics.
—Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
The findings also point to a cognitive convergence between Neanderthals and modern humans, Oxilia added.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Following its strongest edition to date in 2025 — which drew nearly 4,000 visitors and hosted 23 business deals across production, sales and distribution sectors — the Pavilion is doubling down on its role as a convergence point for the international fantastic film community.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 8 May 2026
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Dr. Robert Mogielnicki, semafor.com, 19 May 2026
Despite the groups’ divergent ideologies, the cooperation appears to have produced clear tactical convergence, including town takeovers, the use of suicide bombings, and sniper and ambush tactics.
—Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
The findings also point to a cognitive convergence between Neanderthals and modern humans, Oxilia added.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Following its strongest edition to date in 2025 — which drew nearly 4,000 visitors and hosted 23 business deals across production, sales and distribution sectors — the Pavilion is doubling down on its role as a convergence point for the international fantastic film community.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convergence
Noun
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The result is a truly distinctive confluence of upsides.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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There could be a confluence of events helping fuel that brand of across-the-board thievery.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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That is problematic because the feeding and merging processes that allow black holes to grow to supermassive status had always been thought to take longer than 1 billion years.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
28 May 2026
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But in this merging process, several threads have been left behind.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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The results demonstrate a scalable method for incoherent beam combining.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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That lead quickly dissipated when Miami’s implosion in the bottom half of the first inning — on a combination of timely Florida hits, erraticness from Ciscar and shoddy Hurricanes defense — allowed the Gators to score six runs.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2026
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Most families pay for college through some combination of loans, income and savings.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
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“Convergence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convergence. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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