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as in assembled
to bring together in one body or place
he gathered the leftovers from the table and gave them to the dog let's gather the students and have them line up on the playground before going in from recess
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as in harvested
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use
late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winter
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as in converged
to come together into one body or place
a crowd gathered around the street musician ask the faculty to gather in the lounge for the meeting
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as in derived
to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information
I gather that, since you are back so early, she didn't want to see you?
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as in accumulated
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
the newspapers that had been allowed to gather on the front doorstep told thieves that the family was away on vacation
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as in gained
to gradually increase in
the movement gathered force as election day neared
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Recent Examples of gathered
Days after a gunman drove a truck into a Grand Blanc Township church and opened fire on worshippers, killing four people and wounding eight, hundreds gathered in Flint for a community safety briefing focused on crisis response and prevention in houses of worship.
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Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
On Tuesday night, hundreds of people gathered to remember the teenagers, according to CNN affiliate WABC.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Near the end of the day, Haag gathered her students for their usual wrap-up discussion.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
The rapper gathered friends, family, and A-list celebrities for the high-class affair.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The idea bounced around Polytechnique Montreal's Mechanical Engineering department for a while before researchers developed it further, and gathered the necessary resources to put it to the test.
—New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2025
Nearly four months ago, thousands of Arizonans gathered on June 14 for the first No Kings demonstration at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza at the state Capitol in Phoenix.
—Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the federal courthouse in Des Moines following the arrest, calling for Roberts’s release.
—Richard Hall, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
The drill gathered 24 countries and evaluated more than 276 unmanned systems for maritime operations.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
On Tuesday night, hundreds of people gathered to remember the teenagers, according to CNN affiliate WABC.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Near the end of the day, Haag gathered her students for their usual wrap-up discussion.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
The rapper gathered friends, family, and A-list celebrities for the high-class affair.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The idea bounced around Polytechnique Montreal's Mechanical Engineering department for a while before researchers developed it further, and gathered the necessary resources to put it to the test.
—New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2025
Nearly four months ago, thousands of Arizonans gathered on June 14 for the first No Kings demonstration at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza at the state Capitol in Phoenix.
—Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the federal courthouse in Des Moines following the arrest, calling for Roberts’s release.
—Richard Hall, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
The drill gathered 24 countries and evaluated more than 276 unmanned systems for maritime operations.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gathered
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Reaching the Frontier Over the past year, ByteDance has assembled top AI talent, hiring a former vice president of Google DeepMind to lead AI foundational research and luring other engineers and researchers away from Alibaba and other start-ups, the Financial Times reported in December.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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They were delivered fully assembled and dynamically balanced from the company’s production base on the Yangtze River.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Among those programs are marketing loans for crops harvested and payments under the price loss coverage program, the statement said.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
1 Oct. 2025
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In 2024, farmers in the state harvested 102 million bushels of soybeans, according to the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Immediately defenders Jared Spurgeon and Zeev Buium converged, prepared to clear the zone.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
24 Sep. 2025
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Still, this past August, 80,000 people converged in the Nevada desert to set up what aspires to be a peaceful global village.—
Dennis Hinkamp,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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The first is that while most enterprises haven’t derived tangible advantages from adopting AI just yet, individuals have.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Oct. 2025
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Researchers utilized ex vivo gut microbiome cultures derived from stool samples of five healthy volunteers.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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Toss the grapes in the olive oil and seasonings that have accumulated at the bottom of the pan.—
Karla Walsh,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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Some food-safety inspections were temporarily halted, trash accumulated in national parks, federal landmarks and museums closed, and some airports shuttered checkpoints due to a shortage of Transportation Security Administration officers to screen passengers.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Chiefs out-gained the Jaguars by more than 150 yards and were far better on a per-play basis, too.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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Brinker International shares gained more than 2% after JPMorgan raised its rating on the Chili’s parent thanks to an attractive valuation.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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Bompastor summoned first her million-dollar USWNT winger in Alyssa Thompson from the bench, then two-time WSL Golden Boot winner Sam Kerr.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Khatami summoned me and heard my warning.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Decked out in Tyvek suits and N95 respirators, the researchers collected meter-long cores from the permafrost layer, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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The researchers analyzed lunar samples that had remained unopened since they were collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Gathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gathered. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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