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Recent Examples of convergent
For Conway Morris, human-level intelligence is a convergent trait that might well appear again given the right conditions.
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Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
Reverse faults, found at convergent boundaries, are responsible for the most powerful quakes—megathrust events—often exceeding magnitude eight and accounting for the majority of global seismic energy release.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
While social traits appear to be convergent among different species here on Earth, there’s also no reason to think that something similar would not happen elsewhere in our great cosmic beyond, Bryson argues in her Reykjavik talk.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
This area, which falls along the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench or Kuril Trench, is known as a convergent boundary.
—USA Today, 30 July 2025
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Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
Reverse faults, found at convergent boundaries, are responsible for the most powerful quakes—megathrust events—often exceeding magnitude eight and accounting for the majority of global seismic energy release.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
While social traits appear to be convergent among different species here on Earth, there’s also no reason to think that something similar would not happen elsewhere in our great cosmic beyond, Bryson argues in her Reykjavik talk.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
This area, which falls along the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench or Kuril Trench, is known as a convergent boundary.
—USA Today, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convergent
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Super-low aircraft noise As per Moble Benedict, PhD, an associate professor of aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University and CEO of Harmony Aeronautics, the prototype features a proprietary coaxial rotor design.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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From the disc tray to the optical and coaxial digital outputs, Mission claims that every element has been engineered for durability and sonic fidelity.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Its dealers also have non-overlapping territories, which reduces competition, according to the complaints.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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In the 1800s, for example, the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel used the term Zeitgeist—the spirit of times—to refer to such ubiquitous and overlapping influences that operate across both macro and micro levels.—
Maria Balaska,
Time,
20 Dec. 2025
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Other concurrent charges include the five misdemeanors and the two counts of stalking.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Missouri would be the only state in the country with such a requirement, called a concurrent majority, according to a review of state ballot measure rules compiled by the National Conference of State Legislatures.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2026
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From orbit, the intersecting ridges resemble a massive spiderweb sprawled across the Martian surface.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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Among the first studio films shot on digital video, the film uses an innovative real-time split-screen technique, with multiple cameras capturing intersecting action and storylines on a stretch of Sunset Boulevard near the beloved Book Soup (which is still there).—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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The dynamics by category, though, are much less congruent, with the only category to jump double-digits being fragrance in the mass market while consumers in makeup, for example, seem to be trading up.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Attendance has been lower in recent years, congruent with public sentiment, but team personnel appeared to outnumber fans this year.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Convergent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convergent. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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