convergent

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for convergent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convergent
Adjective
  • Secondary weapons include a coaxial machine gun and Spike and Konkurs anti-tank missiles.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Eversolo has also included inputs for optical and coaxial digital sources, such as a CD player.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • 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, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Silksong just passed up yesterday’s 562,000 concurrent Steam playercount record, a stunning number for a $20 indie game, though obviously boosted by its mythological status after seven years of waiting from fans.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • With no consideration of context, the city is proposing one of the densest types of business zoning in Chicago, B3-5, for nearly every property on 10 blocks of Broadway in Edgewater, as well as intersecting streets.
    Patricia Sharkey, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • What struck me most was the way Fauset navigates these intersecting identities with a quiet yet incisive brilliance.
    Glory Edim August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Government funding of politically congruent nonprofits is an integral part of the Democratic approach to power.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2025
  • That isn’t congruent with the two other teams under the Trackhouse umbrella in 2025.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025

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“Convergent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convergent. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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