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as in assembly
a body of people come together in one place
the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders
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as in meeting
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
attended a gathering for descendants of people who came to America on the Mayflower
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as in accumulation
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time
a great gathering of dust under the bed
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as in brewing
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as in collecting
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 harvesting
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 converging
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 deriving
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 accumulating
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 gaining
to gradually increase in
the movement gathered force as election day neared
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as in summoning
to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers
gathered the strength to finish the marathon
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Recent Examples of gathering
Emma Burrows, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Researchers have speculated that these buildings could have served as gathering halls or administrative spaces.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Agency chair says data has been misused Early indications of the EEOC's plan to stop gathering data came a year ago.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 1 June 2026
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Noun
Before then, Sweden’s security services had mostly observed reconnaissance for potential attacks, intelligence gathering or activity linked to cybercriminals.
—Emma Burrows, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Researchers have speculated that these buildings could have served as gathering halls or administrative spaces.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
Verb
Contacting your bank immediately, gathering supporting documentation and keeping detailed records can help speed up the process.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Agency chair says data has been misused Early indications of the EEOC's plan to stop gathering data came a year ago.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gathering
Noun
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Pieth observed that Infantino’s FIFA seems like a model of governance, with an independent ethics committee, a top-dollar human-rights policy, and a global democratic assembly.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Precise coordination across materials, vendors and delivery vehicles to ensure safe, smooth and predictable delivery and on-site assembly is imperative.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Accessibility The property is fully ADA-compliant, with accessible rooms and routes across the property, including to all restaurants, meeting spaces, the spa, fitness center, and business center.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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The company recommends using it before sleep, before or during meditation, after sport, between meetings or anytime stress or anxiety hits.—
Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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Shange’s rainbow assemblage manages to be confrontational and conciliatory through a confessional accumulation that collapses poetry, movement, and ritual into a single and ever-changing event.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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And one thing Deb, who spent decades prioritizing the accumulation of money over the refinement of her craft, has learned from collaborating with Ava is that, in the end, art matters more to her than business.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 May 2026
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But this bet will face its most serious test in the brewing Republican presidential primary.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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Election workers collecting ballots from a drop box in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday found multiple mail-in ballots that had been burned, officials say.—
Jasmine Mendez
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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In previous eras, collecting a prestigious bowl invitation was every team’s goal.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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Last year, the singer found himself at the center of the high-fence hunting debate after harvesting a world-record Transcaspian urial ram at Texas' Covered S Ranch.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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But a farmer harvesting 150 bushels of corn per year from a field must replenish the nutrients to grow corn again the next year.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
1 June 2026
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Key Background Anthropic steps into the busiest IPO pipeline since 2021, with three of the most valuable private companies ever built converging on the public markets within the same window.—
Alicia Park,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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This is, in the end, what Richardson and a handful of economists — among them University of Chicago behavioral economist Alex Imas and George Mason’s Tyler Cowen — are converging on.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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But deriving a unified theory of volcanism will require a geologic Manhattan Project.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 May 2026
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On Thursday, a jury found Geisy Rodriguez Brito, 33, of Royal Palm Beach, guilty of human trafficking and unlawful use of a two-way communications device but not guilty of deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution or witness tampering.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Gathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gathering. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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