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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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Mistakes, complaints and promotions The secretary issued several policy memos concurrent with his address aimed at overhauling the inspector general and equal opportunity complaint processes as part of his push to produce more Pattons.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The concurrent carriage deadlines for NBCUniversal and TelevisaUnivision are coincidence.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Regretting You essentially splits itself into two occasionally intersecting plots, that of Morgan and Jonah’s healing and of Clara’s nascent romance.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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The intersecting street was the responsibility of the city, but the traffic signals were the responsibility of the county.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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But for those of us who love love — who can clock not just the subtle rhythms of the genre but also the personal rhythms of a couple sharing an honest, congruent, life-altering experience — the details matter.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
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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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“Convergent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convergent. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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