FORGATHERED Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

forgathered

verb

variants or foregathered

past tense of forgather

as in gathered

to come together into one body or place asked the townsfolk to forgather at the war monument for the Memorial Day ceremony

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The intervention on Thursday and Friday came as the Bank of Japan board gathered to set monetary policy.

— Mia Glass, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
As the official automotive sponsor of Stateside, Scout anchored its own corner of Stateside — starting with the Scout Stage — where a steady stream of emerging artists kept festival-goers gathered throughout the day.

— Lori Majewski, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2026

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Both men sat in opposite corners afterward before Reigns walked to the center and offered a fist, and Rollins met it.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Last August, the International Association of Genocide Scholars passed a resolution declaring that Israel’s actions met the legal definition of genocide.

— Arielle Kaden, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026

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In Spokane, dry, windy conditions converged in what’s known as the wildland-urban interface – an area where neighborhoods have been built into the forests, shrublands and grasslands.

— John Abatzoglou, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
More than two dozen marine units from multiple agencies converged on the scene within minutes, officials say.

— Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 29 July 2026

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Engineers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory assembled the core detector modules and tested the preliminary hardware.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
Outside the Moda Center, dozens of Cunningham supporters gathered for the second consecutive Fever road game, while counterprotesters assembled nearby, some wearing costumes.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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Hayabusa2 launched in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the asteroid Ryugu four years later.

— Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 June 2026
The Japanese space agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), launched its Hayabusa2 mission in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the near-Earth C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu in June 2018.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025

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