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gathering

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gathering

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verb

present participle of gather
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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 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 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
Noun
York has been a community gathering spot for decades; on a recent weekday afternoon a group of senior citizens shared a table, writing postcards to Congress to lobby for preserving Social Security. Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 10 May 2025 The Spanish telecoms engineer is used to lengthy religious gatherings, having waited for six hours at Semana Santa — Spain’s Holy Week — last month. Katie Primm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Verb
After a win and a tie at Maine, and a victory over Quinnipiac in CT Ice, the Huskies were gathering enough wins to get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, something that had eluded the program for so long. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025 Spend your first 30 days gathering brutally honest insight from your team. Elizabeth Freedman, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gathering
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Noun
  • This was the 93rd EVA to be staged from the U.S. Quest airlock and the 275th overall in support of the assembly, maintenance and upgrade of the ISS, which has been continuously occupied by rotating astronaut crews since November 2000.
    Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 1 May 2025
  • Advertising around the 2025 Super Duty will emphasize its U.S. assembly.
    Jamie L. LaReau, USA Today, 1 May 2025
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  • The 28-year-old got to finishing fights in his most recent outing, knocking out former UFC welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns in the third round of their UFC 299 meeting.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
  • Buffett made the announcement at the close of Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • So now that most of his rookie cards from popular sets are released, what are the best options to start a Daniels collection?
    Tyler Holzhammer, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • The Costume Institute Benefit, commonly known as Met Gala, is a fundraiser for the museum's Costume Institute, which hosts a collection of over 33,000 fashion artifacts.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Verb
  • In short, these converging trends point toward a future where connectivity is not just pervasive but also secure, efficient and environmentally conscious.
    Max Silber, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Their collision at the Austrian GP, an inevitable result of their converging performance, was disappointing.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Once your fluid volume is restored, fluid treatment is stopped to avoid accumulating excessive fluid.
    Sayaka Blickenderfer, PhD, Health, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Be cautious of ice accumulating on power lines or tree branches, which can lead to snapping and falling hazards.
    Southern California Weather Report, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
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  • The suspect raised roughly $60,000 in Australian dollars, or about $37,500 USD, after pocketing donations and gaining social media followers, the BBC previously reported.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Nehring, who served as chair of the California Republican Party from 2007 to 2011 and was a spokesperson for Texas Senator Ted Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign, said the idea of California seceding was again gaining traction.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In the latest version of the Files by Google app, summoning Gemini while looking at a PDF gives you the option to ask about the file, writes Android Police.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 21 Dec. 2024
  • By the 1980s, when more modern methods of summoning help had supplanted its usefulness, the tower remained as a beacon for bored teenagers.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The holiday household is rounded out by a fractious assemblage of relatives, employees, and lovers played by great actors like Clarke Peters, Jack Farthing, and Anjana Vasan.
    Judy Berman, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Spanning nearly two decades of work, the exhibition, currently on view at The Whitney Museum of American Art is an assemblage of close to 50 portraits that reimagine the American realist tradition by centering Black subjects in moments of stillness, style, and sovereign presence.
    Najha Zigbi-Johnson, Essence, 30 Apr. 2025

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