FORGATHERS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

forgathers

verb

variants or foregathers

present tense third-person singular of forgather

as in converges

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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Dealers are offering their best, timed to be on view when the art world converges on New York for the Armory Show fair, opening later this month.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
The model quickly converges to that point, where all players adopt the same strategy within a few rounds.

— Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

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When a storm, usually fed by unusually warm water, suddenly gathers a lot of strength, sustaining winds that increase in speed by at least 35 mph (56 kph) in 24 hours, it is called rapid intensification.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
As the cystic fibrosis community gathers this week in Atlanta for its largest annual gathering, Kramer-Golinkoff is hoping those patients will be a big part of the conversation, particularly after recent scientific setbacks.

— Gerry Smith, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

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This business context foundation maps the relationships across content, people, projects, systems and domain knowledge, then assembles the unique context each AI agent needs to do its job.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Much like an engine compresses fuel before ignition, FLARE first assembles the fuel to high density before delivering a separate, rapid burst of energy to trigger fusion.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

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Attendees at IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking Summit in Los Angeles on October 17 will get an answer to that question when our Pitch Me panel convenes Hollywood decision makers to break down their process of vetting pitches.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
The writer is greeted by André Parenteau, a distant cousin and fellow free spirit of the 1960s, who convenes a family reunion in the town’s parish hall.

— Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026

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