1
as in assemblies
a body of people come together in one place
the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders
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2
as in meetings
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 accumulations
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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Recent Examples of gatherings
Although the structure itself has been replaced, the site has been home to community gatherings, events, concerts and celebrations for the past 130 years.
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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 9 June 2026
True to the home's former owner, Swift has hosted several gatherings there, including her famed Fourth of July parties, and some have speculated the property could play a role in her upcoming nuptials to Travis Kelce.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
Since opening a year ago, LouLou has hosted gatherings ranging from an anti-ICE dinner with Roads & Kingdoms and events with local authors to a series featuring discussions with Chicago chefs.
—Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
Knicks fans, known for their rowdiness and downright devotion to the team, took to watch parties, bars and gatherings to see the game.
—Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 9 June 2026
The venue also would host four annual gatherings by local non-profit organizations, Griffin said.
—Joe Marusak
june 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026
The latest outbreak, driven by the rare Bundibugyo strain, has infected at least 515 people and killed 91, prompting strict limits on public gatherings and enforced social distancing.
—Justin Kabumba, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
The World Cup is considered a SEAR 1 event, the highest risk level for public gatherings in the country.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
The New Haven Pride Center annually serves 15,000 people with programs and services, which includes a food pantry, clothing closet, youth and affinity programs, community gatherings and dinners.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026
Christa Swanson, CBS News, 9 June 2026
True to the home's former owner, Swift has hosted several gatherings there, including her famed Fourth of July parties, and some have speculated the property could play a role in her upcoming nuptials to Travis Kelce.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
Since opening a year ago, LouLou has hosted gatherings ranging from an anti-ICE dinner with Roads & Kingdoms and events with local authors to a series featuring discussions with Chicago chefs.
—Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
Knicks fans, known for their rowdiness and downright devotion to the team, took to watch parties, bars and gatherings to see the game.
—Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 9 June 2026
The venue also would host four annual gatherings by local non-profit organizations, Griffin said.
—Joe Marusak
june 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026
The latest outbreak, driven by the rare Bundibugyo strain, has infected at least 515 people and killed 91, prompting strict limits on public gatherings and enforced social distancing.
—Justin Kabumba, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
The World Cup is considered a SEAR 1 event, the highest risk level for public gatherings in the country.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
The New Haven Pride Center annually serves 15,000 people with programs and services, which includes a food pantry, clothing closet, youth and affinity programs, community gatherings and dinners.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gatherings
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Posiva has already completed major commissioning activities, including demonstrations of its fuel encapsulation plant and extensive operational testing using non-radioactive dummy fuel assemblies.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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Leading up to the event, students participated in school assemblies focused on pollution, storm drains, marine ecosystems, and the impact litter has on ocean life.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
29 May 2026
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John Cohen, a former senior Homeland Security official who has been briefing state leaders before the matches, said the government was largely absent from planning meetings last year and did not begin sharing threat intelligence with host regions until recently.—
Jake Offenhartz,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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Moscow also controls a significant portion of Armenia’s energy and infrastructure and supplies it with cheap gas, which is a point that Putin has been quick to drive home in his meetings with Pashinyan.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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In this case, that would take 16 multiplication operations and 16 additions (or four accumulations).—
Olivia Hsu,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Apr. 2026
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The map also includes tornado reports for the past week and recent rainfall accumulations.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Apr. 2026
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The future of college football is once again up for debate, with prominent voices from major conferences and teams giving their opinions on NIL as the federal government works through potential legislation to regulate the sport.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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The Protect College Sports Act would allow the NCAA to limit transfers and eligibility, enforce a spending cap, give conferences the option to pool their television rights and prevent coaches from leaving their teams before the end of the season.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Since making her debut in 2009, Son Bo-Mi has written numerous novels and short story collections, including Dear Ralph Lauren, Little Village, Bringing Them the Lindy Hop, and The Fireflies of Manhattan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The collaboration comes after Ephea was incubated by Kering’s Material Innovation Lab in Milan, which identifies, evolves, and helps to operationalize hundreds of alternative materials, with the hope of embedding them into brand collections.—
Bella Webb,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
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The conjecture says that even within enormous, scattered and chaotic assemblages of points existing across innumerable dimensions, simple, orderly shapes will inevitably crop up.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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That leads to longer build times as those complicated parts are sewn together with assemblages of other, smaller parts, before being shipped across the ocean, and eventually trucked to the final construction site.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
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Chemical structures Butter and margarine are emulsions, which are mixtures of tiny water droplets spread throughout a continuous fat matrix.—
Rosemary Trout,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
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The scientists demonstrated that tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) spontaneously formed when mixtures of purified coat protein and its genomic RNA were incubated together.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
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Buses arrive with congregations from as far away as Tampa, a nine-hour journey round-trip.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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Churches in Atlanta and Maui, Hawaii, both cited the declining and aging population of their priests and congregations as an explanation of their order’s departures.—
Hannah Brueske,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
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“Gatherings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gatherings. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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