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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 collection
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 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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as in brewing
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Recent Examples of gathering
Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Tayfun Coskun—Anadolu/Getty Images Aided by social media, the gathering was swiftly put together by 24-year-old West Valley City resident Bailey Saddler, who was surprised by the turnout.
—Enrique Limón, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
IndyStar, 8 Sep. 2025
Now, researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have developed aerial robots that fly directly into the smoke, gathering data that could make forecasts far more accurate.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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While in Kyiv, Prince Harry offered his support to Ukrainian veterans at a gathering at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, Reuters reported.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Tayfun Coskun—Anadolu/Getty Images Aided by social media, the gathering was swiftly put together by 24-year-old West Valley City resident Bailey Saddler, who was surprised by the turnout.
—Enrique Limón, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
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The students spent about three months gathering data, interviewing dozens of sources and writing and editing stories under the guidance of a former Star reporter now teaching at Notre Dame.
—IndyStar, 8 Sep. 2025
Now, researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have developed aerial robots that fly directly into the smoke, gathering data that could make forecasts far more accurate.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gathering
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The assembly occurs in parallel, enabling multiple devices to be fabricated on a single chip in one step, by simplifying production and preserving the performance benefits of 2D materials.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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And there have been more of those in different places at different times, the assassination of the speaker of the Minnesota assembly, the shooting here in Colorado.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Five meetings and nine months have elapsed since the Fed last adjusted interest rates.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The official did not elaborate on the timing of the meeting with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani or its agenda.—
Jarrett Renshaw,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Keep scrolling for fall decor picks from the Magnolia collection at Target, starting at $5.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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One thing that is in your control is having a trustworthy collection of travel bags.—
Rachel Trujillo,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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Fox News Digital witnessed investigators collecting a surveillance camera from the side of a home on a street adjacent to the campus.—
Michael Ruiz , Peter D'Abrosca , Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , David Spunt , CB Cotton,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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One multi-year project includes collecting core samples from glaciers to measure snow accumulation, the main contributor to glacial growth.—
Stefanie Waldek,
AFAR Media,
12 Sep. 2025
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Renaud Tixier’s movement is a highly innovative micro-rotor movement that features an inertia wheel within the micro-rotor and a ‘dancer’ spring, orchestrated to optimize winding by harvesting even the smallest motion.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
9 Sep. 2025
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Add garlic to the garden for more than harvesting the delicious bulbs.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
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The film, like Altman’s, is a collection of intersecting storylines, all converging on an elaborate Paris Fashion Week show.—
Richard Lawson,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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In his novel Netherland, Joseph O’Neill describes the rhythm of fielding in cricket as ‘pulmonary’ — the fielders converging as one as the bowler runs in before reverting to their positions after each ball.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Its roots are purely imitative, echoing the sound itself rather than deriving from a concrete Indo-European root.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Both played in Week 1, but head into Week 2 still on the Niners’ injury report with Jennings accumulating a new shoulder injury in the process.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Arcángela and Serafina remain in the women’s penitentiary, continuing to operate illicit businesses and accumulating wealth, but without hope of freedom.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Gathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gathering. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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