CONVERGING Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

converging

verb

present participle of converge

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 Why couch fabric pilling happens on bouclé Three forces are converging. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 Still, its findings portray multiple pressures converging at once. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026 Businesses urgently need real-time data to navigate these converging, multi-directional threats. — Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Gerut argues that Amazon and SpaceX are evolving into converging infrastructure conglomerates. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 14 July 2026 The landscape opens up, and passengers catch glimpses of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers converging to form the Ohio River. — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2026 In May 2021, a 17-year-old’s birthday party announcement went viral on TikTok, resulting in more than 2,000 partygoers converging along the Huntington Beach pier and downtown area. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Shortstop Francisco Lindor backed up and called off the converging outfielders before losing his footing and falling right in front of Tyrone Taylor, who tripped over Lindor while failing to make the catch. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026 Along the way, each state's wagon stopped at festivals and fairs before converging in Valley Forge National Park for a celebration. — Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

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Depp emerged from the door of the installation and addressed the crowd, which had been gathering on the street in front of the installation for more than an hour.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 23 July 2026
By late morning, the palace courtyard and surrounding streets were considerably busier, helped along by crowds gathering for the changing of the guard.

— David Nikel, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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Why hardware is notoriously difficult To build and ship a family of new devices, the Ive-OpenAI alliance will need to be hyper-focused, including assembling a manufacturing system from scratch.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Microsoft's Agent Operating System Rather than focusing exclusively on the model layer, Microsoft is assembling what increasingly looks like an operating system for agents.

— Francis Sideco, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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The Food and Drug Administration is convening a panel of outside experts for a two-day meeting starting Thursday to make recommendations on whether compounding pharmacies should be allowed to make some of the most popular injectable peptides.

— Will Stone, NPR, 22 July 2026
One incident in June involved hundreds of teens convening after dark at Romare Bearden Park, where police arrested 23 teenagers and one adult and issued citations to 13 parents.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026

Definition of convening

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Toyota understands that most buyers simply want smooth, effortless acceleration merging onto the interstate or passing slower traffic.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 July 2026
Despite having only four cylinders, the TurboMax produces V8-like torque, making the Canyon feel eager pulling away from traffic lights or merging onto freeways.

— Josh Max, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of merging

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All attendees would go through security screening, and congregating in hallways would not be allowed.

— Matthew Davisson, CBS News, 19 June 2026
And unlike some of the things that might spread during this event, there’s been a lot of evidence based on what’s happened at other World Cups, Olympic events, any time large numbers of people are congregating.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026

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