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Recent Examples of convergent
This area, which falls along the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench or Kuril Trench, is known as a convergent boundary.
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USA Today, 30 July 2025
The convergent lady beetle, for whom aphids are its main food source, eats up to 50 a day.2
There are environmental and ethical considerations, too.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2025
What remain enduringly relevant are the book’s insights into the nature of design innovation, which Jencks described as analogous to biological evolution, a constant flow of emergent, divergent, and convergent streams.
—Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
The United States can build pathways to that conversation by defining which elements of market liberalism are essential, and then gauging objectively whether China is convergent or divergent from them.
—Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2018
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USA Today, 30 July 2025
The convergent lady beetle, for whom aphids are its main food source, eats up to 50 a day.2
There are environmental and ethical considerations, too.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2025
What remain enduringly relevant are the book’s insights into the nature of design innovation, which Jencks described as analogous to biological evolution, a constant flow of emergent, divergent, and convergent streams.
—Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
The United States can build pathways to that conversation by defining which elements of market liberalism are essential, and then gauging objectively whether China is convergent or divergent from them.
—Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convergent
Adjective
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In some smaller towns, cable companies and rural co-ops have extended fiber or coaxial lines.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Secondary weapons include a coaxial machine gun and Spike and Konkurs anti-tank missiles.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Three years after winning the show in 2008, he was sentenced to four years in prison on a drug trafficking charge and a concurrent term of one year for failure to pay income taxes on his $500,000 Big Brother winnings, according to the United States Attorney's Office in Massachusetts.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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The concurrent efforts in testing, sustainment preparation and infrastructure investments clearly illustrate our commitment to providing unmatched capabilities to deter and defeat threats well into the future.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With intersecting stripes of various colors and widths, the quintessential fall print is a timeless style that always resurges at this time of year.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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Add to this fact that Isabelle’s assistant, Dani, also professes her love for her and there’s quite a lot of intersecting queerness in this entry.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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All are or more or less congruent with Shelley’s masterwork.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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Leaders who sustain impact over decades are those who conserve their energy (ME), build resilient teams (WE), and stay congruent with their purpose (WORLD).—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Convergent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convergent. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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