CONVERGES Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

converges

verb

present tense third-person singular of converge

as in meets

to come together into one body or place hungry students converged on the cafeteria almost as soon as the class bell rang

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Recent Examples of converges The expansion converges with a sense of urgency among Democrats to be more aggressive on digital platforms, where audiences are increasingly concentrated. — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 By the time everything converges, the original opportunity has been diluted by handoffs rather than sharpened through genuine collaboration. — Manmit Shrimali, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The expansion converges with a sense of urgency among Democrats to be more aggressive on digital platforms, where audiences are increasingly concentrated. — ABC News, 29 June 2026 In the morning, one of the creeks that converges with the Guadalupe on the camp’s 700 or so acres was too high for the older girls who bunk on Senior Hill to cross. — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026 Everyone eventually converges on one location, where the forward momentum of the story stops and the aliens are finally revealed. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 June 2026 Rue escapes, but the DEA converges on Laurie's compound. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026 The hospitality industry converges on Chicago this weekend for the National Restaurant Show. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026 Landslides are common in the coastal mountains of Alaska where rapid uplift, caused by tectonic forces and long-term ice loss, converges with the erosive forces of precipitation and moving glaciers. — Ezgi Karasözen, The Conversation, 6 May 2026

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Room décor varies, but many have a Tara Plantation-meets-Montepulciano thing going on, occasionally excessive but mostly pared back—think overstuffed chairs, frilly, floral curtains, exposed wood beam ceilings, and slim wooden furniture.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026
Writers also participate in meetings, revise clues based on feedback and help ensure game material meets the show’s standards.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Definition of meets

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Rooms open toward the water, the terrace gathers the view from three sides and the modest footprint keeps the experience close.

— Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Once the story gathers everyone into the house and lets the mayhem start in earnest, an overall feeling of Gothic grimness and rotting-corpse griminess takes hold.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026

Definition of gathers

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An employee assembles a long-range drone in a workshop of the Fire Point company which manufactures FP-1 deep-strike drones and FP-2 strike drones in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on January 29, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026
In terms of overall quality, the movie the player assembles out of that 652-page framework isn’t bad!

— Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026

Definition of assembles

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After the world’s most awkward funeral, everyone convenes back at the family’s nearby vacation house.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026
Her leadership convenes cross-sector stakeholders to scale high-impact models that expand opportunity — particularly for emerging institutions and underserved communities.

— Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 18 June 2026

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