as in gathering
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 converging
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas instead pointed to the converging wars and argued that assistance on one front will help the other.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
That tension has kept risk pricing unstable, with assets reacting to headlines rather than converging on a clear macro trajectory.
—Lee Ying Shan,anniek Bao, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
During one incident earlier this month cited by the FAA, a helicopter on a converging course with a twin engine Beechcraft 99 at Hollywood Burbank Airport had to turn to avoid the private plane.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Last month, an American Airlines plane landing at San Antonio International Airport and a police helicopter were also on converging paths, the agency said.
—Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Several converging factors are positioning spatial computing as a more commercially viable and investor-relevant technology area.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Multiple forces are converging in ways that defy easy fixes — and the old playbook of buying the dip is far from guaranteed to work.
—Denitsa Tsekova, Bloomberg, 10 Mar. 2026
The confirmation of both species’ survival came from multiple converging lines of evidence.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
The confirmation came from multiple converging lines of evidence.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
That tension has kept risk pricing unstable, with assets reacting to headlines rather than converging on a clear macro trajectory.
—Lee Ying Shan,anniek Bao, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
During one incident earlier this month cited by the FAA, a helicopter on a converging course with a twin engine Beechcraft 99 at Hollywood Burbank Airport had to turn to avoid the private plane.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Last month, an American Airlines plane landing at San Antonio International Airport and a police helicopter were also on converging paths, the agency said.
—Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Several converging factors are positioning spatial computing as a more commercially viable and investor-relevant technology area.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Multiple forces are converging in ways that defy easy fixes — and the old playbook of buying the dip is far from guaranteed to work.
—Denitsa Tsekova, Bloomberg, 10 Mar. 2026
The confirmation of both species’ survival came from multiple converging lines of evidence.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
The confirmation came from multiple converging lines of evidence.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converging
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The aircraft was built to fly above 70,000 feet, beyond the reach of enemy defenses, gathering intelligence in all conditions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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What began as a Reddit post of two chess players searching for people and a place to play quickly snowballed into what San Diego Chess & Social is now, a gathering space for games of all kinds.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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According to the text messages, Del Valle allegedly instructed Randazzo to message one of the victims about meeting up at the apartment.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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As the family's struggle unfolded, Castillo’s case was closely followed in Spain, which passed legislation in 2021 enshrining the right to euthanasia and medically assisted suicide for patients meeting certain conditions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The suspect spent weeks planning the attack, eventually assembling Molotov cocktails and conducting surveillance of Kiswani’s residence, according to federal complaint documents.—
Jake Offenhartz,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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In wars lasting a month or so with relatively low casualty rates, managing massive ammunition consumption, assembling and training replacements, and renewing equipment losses during a war, not after it, are simply not issues.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu is convening a conference of condominium associations from around the city for Wednesday evening to share ideas on what — if anything — the city can do to ease the financial pressure.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2026
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By convening a focus group of seven swing state voters, all mothers between 27 and 48 years old, the Democratic firm Navigator Research found angst about the country’s direction and little faith in either party’s ability to fix its problems.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Independent testing shows the Trax reaching 0–60 mph in about nine seconds, which feels perfectly adequate for merging onto Denver freeways or climbing the foothill highways west of town.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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The software covers standard PDF tasks like editing text, inserting images, annotating documents, and merging or splitting files.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
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Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
18 Mar. 2026
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Other affinity groups, including Trans in Classics and CripAntiquity, started congregating around the same time.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Converging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converging. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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