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as in to collect
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 to harvest
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 to converge
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 to derive
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 to accumulate
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 to gain
to gradually increase in
the movement gathered force as election day neared
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Recent Examples of gather
An international team of more than 30 astronomers, led by planetary scientists at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, used 18 observatories to gather data.
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Julian Dossett, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2025
At a swarming Substack party Saturday night, Mehdi Hasan and many of the platform’s new stars gathered, packing by the hundreds into a hotel ballroom as a deejay played 2000’s and early 2010’s hits from the likes of Phoenix and Robyn.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025
The smell of fresh herbs and colorful vegetables filled the community room at the Pacific Beach Library on Sunday afternoon in April, as about two dozen people gathered around long tables set with ingredients and cutting boards.
—Sierra Knoch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
This remarkable image shows the two men in intense discussion surrounded by the marble splendor of St. Peter's Basilica as the world gathered to remember Francis.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2025
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Julian Dossett, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2025
At a swarming Substack party Saturday night, Mehdi Hasan and many of the platform’s new stars gathered, packing by the hundreds into a hotel ballroom as a deejay played 2000’s and early 2010’s hits from the likes of Phoenix and Robyn.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025
The smell of fresh herbs and colorful vegetables filled the community room at the Pacific Beach Library on Sunday afternoon in April, as about two dozen people gathered around long tables set with ingredients and cutting boards.
—Sierra Knoch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
This remarkable image shows the two men in intense discussion surrounded by the marble splendor of St. Peter's Basilica as the world gathered to remember Francis.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gather
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Healthcare institutions and insurers arguably collect the most sensitive information about you, including IDs, contact details, addresses and medical records.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The film collected another $17 million internationally for a galactic $42 million global tally over the weekend.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2025
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In 2019, during the first Trump administration, agents in Mississippi used data harvested from Geo Group’s tools to help secure a warrant for a raid on a chicken processing plant.—
Paul Mozur,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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The crop can be harvested at anytime but most leave the bulbs in the ground until the tops decline and flop over.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2025
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The body’s chakras Yogis believe that the body contains many chakras: spinning wheels, or energy centers, where feelings, emotions, and thoughts converge.—
Tony Sanchez,
Time,
25 Apr. 2025
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Gladstone and Boselli converged in the draft room — Gladstone pacing and fondling a football (which has become his custom), Boselli reclining in a chair facing the draft board — and spoke excitedly of the night ahead.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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With a nod to Indigenous science, Sweat says principles of holistic and ancient Ayurvedic medicine, which originated in India and is also practiced in many Latin American countries, will be utilized in teaching, including the use of products mainly derived from plants.—
Stephanie Stephens,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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The nuanced feedback and emotional resonance derived from physical interaction remain a critical component of the evaluation process.—
Alex Levin,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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For example, an American house accumulates an average of 300,000 objects, with more money spent each year on shoes, jewelry and clothes than on higher education.—
Ana Morales,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
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The defender never accumulated more than five sacks in a season at Georgia and often struggled to get around quality offensive tackles.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said at a March press conference that homeowners had gained $4.6 billion from 2014 to 2023.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Leonard gained the zone and found Anthony Beauvillier for a one-time pass to Strome alone in the slot.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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All cardinals in Rome were summoned to a meeting Tuesday before a new pope is elected.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The phrase, summoning a kind of papal succession, alerted the political faithful that Sheinbaum had been chosen to succeed López Obrador as the head of his party, the National Regeneration Movement, or MORENA.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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The mission will be the ninth crew mission to Tiangong, and the sixth visit since the three-module orbital outpost was fully assembled in October 2022.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Foreign companies producing goods in the U.S. are also affected, like Airbus, which assembles some of its narrow-body planes in Alabama, but relies on imports.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,Annika Kim Constantino,Leslie Josephs,Ari Levy,Amelia Lucas,Melissa Repko,Hugh Son,Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Gather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gather. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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