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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
Since then, the orange legion has gathered at Henk's to watch the Dutch national team take the field.
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Dawn White, CBS News, 13 June 2026
Fans young and old gathered under the KC Live canopy Thursday to watch as Mexico beat South Africa 2-0.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
The Times reports that hundreds of people have gathered for protests in Nanyuki, the town closest to the air base.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
The boldest bet is CEO Elon Musk’s proposal for a system of orbital data centers, including a constellation of up to one million satellites that would run AI workloads on solar power gathered in orbit.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
On the eve of arguably the biggest game in United States soccer history, the USMNT gathered in a nondescript sports complex to get ready for their moment.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
Settlers associated with Frémont’s camp seize horses gathered for Castro’s forces.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
Officers searched the car and gathered evidence.
—Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
The list of top restaurants was revealed by a group of culinary leaders gathered in New Orleans and included restaurants from across 20 cities in the region.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 29 May 2026
Dawn White, CBS News, 13 June 2026
Fans young and old gathered under the KC Live canopy Thursday to watch as Mexico beat South Africa 2-0.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
The Times reports that hundreds of people have gathered for protests in Nanyuki, the town closest to the air base.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
The boldest bet is CEO Elon Musk’s proposal for a system of orbital data centers, including a constellation of up to one million satellites that would run AI workloads on solar power gathered in orbit.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
On the eve of arguably the biggest game in United States soccer history, the USMNT gathered in a nondescript sports complex to get ready for their moment.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
Settlers associated with Frémont’s camp seize horses gathered for Castro’s forces.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
Officers searched the car and gathered evidence.
—Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
The list of top restaurants was revealed by a group of culinary leaders gathered in New Orleans and included restaurants from across 20 cities in the region.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gathered
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Across a 90-foot wall at the Orlando Museum of Art, Tommerup assembled three monumental pyramids built from canvases dragged through the ocean and Biscayne Bay, dried in flowering trees and tossed from rooftops at dusk, surrendering part of the creative process to nature itself.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Those same instincts run through Dirty Blonde, an album that feels less engineered and more lived-in—shaped in real time rather than assembled from above.—
Desjah Altvater,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Follow-on attacks are likely to occur in the highly feasible event that credentials were successfully harvested from machines that opened the packages in one of the affected AI agents.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
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That includes marine species—such as sea cucumbers, seahorses and shark fins, which are illegally harvested and sold for possible medicinal uses or as food.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
7 June 2026
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Investors should buckle up for a bumpy ride as multiple risks have suddenly converged to test what looked like an unstoppable stock rally.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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International dive teams that converged on the country's Xaisomboun province, where monsoon flood waters trapped the miners last month, were heading back home on Sunday, a search coordinator told ABC News.—
Aicha El Hammar Castano,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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The company is developing synthetic hard-carbon materials derived from resin and coal, aiming to lower costs and strengthen domestic supply chains.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
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The profit was derived from revenue of £633 million ($849 million), which was basically flat from the prior year.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
8 June 2026
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By looking into how errors accumulated and how deviant the answers were from those expected, the researchers were able to get valuable insights into how the physical system was working.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
9 June 2026
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The plant blooms only when sufficient energy is accumulated, making time between flowering unpredictable, spanning from a few years to more than a decade, according to the United States Botanic Garden.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
8 June 2026
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Yes votes for Measure ER, which only needs 50% of the vote plus one for approval, have slowly gained day after day as more ballots — and in particular, ballots from Election Day or later — were counted.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
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This will be only the second appearance ever for the nation that gained independence in 1960.—
Amna Subhan,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
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New Delhi has also summoned Washington’s Chargé d’Affaires to lodge a protest, according to sources at India’s Ministry of External Affairs.—
Arpita Dasika,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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Knights summoned to England for vengeance.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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As detailed in the museum’s current exhibition on The Beautiful Game and described by Naylor, soldiers put arms aside, exchanged gifts, collected their dead, sang Christmas songs together and played soccer with each other.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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The group is currently reviewing data collected by sensors placed in dozens of homes in neighborhoods such as Overtown, Little Haiti, and Liberty City.—
Manuel Bojorquez,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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“Gathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gathered. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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