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as in collects
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 harvests
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 assembles
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 derives
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 accumulates
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 gains
to gradually increase in
the movement gathered force as election day neared
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Recent Examples of gathers
That space flows into a media room, where the family gathers to read and watch TV.
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Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Thereis a small walking group that gathers to do laps inside the mall, Cordon said.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
The study, which was done in living yeast cells and human cell lines, illustrates how proteins act collectively by forming a crystal that gathers caspases together to activate the cell death program and enable the cell to make a rapid life-or-death decision.
—Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
Just as a person’s nervous system constantly sends information from all parts of the body to the brain, our planetary nervous system gathers observations from all over the Earth and sends them to our AI brain.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
On the weekends, the real fun happens on the beach when the group gathers to surf spots like Torrey Pines State Beach.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
The Department of Public Instruction routinely gathers and publishes data on other potential signs of student harm, such as how often students are chronically absent, experience homelessness or feel unsafe at school — but not the frequency of educator misconduct.
—Danielle Duclos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Waze, also owned by Google, gathers anonymized driving data to enhance community reporting.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Whatever the state gathers—whether the innocuous, the personal, or the intensely political—could in turn be used for arrests, detentions, fines, disappearances, and much worse.
—Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Thereis a small walking group that gathers to do laps inside the mall, Cordon said.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
The study, which was done in living yeast cells and human cell lines, illustrates how proteins act collectively by forming a crystal that gathers caspases together to activate the cell death program and enable the cell to make a rapid life-or-death decision.
—Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
Just as a person’s nervous system constantly sends information from all parts of the body to the brain, our planetary nervous system gathers observations from all over the Earth and sends them to our AI brain.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
On the weekends, the real fun happens on the beach when the group gathers to surf spots like Torrey Pines State Beach.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
The Department of Public Instruction routinely gathers and publishes data on other potential signs of student harm, such as how often students are chronically absent, experience homelessness or feel unsafe at school — but not the frequency of educator misconduct.
—Danielle Duclos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Waze, also owned by Google, gathers anonymized driving data to enhance community reporting.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Whatever the state gathers—whether the innocuous, the personal, or the intensely political—could in turn be used for arrests, detentions, fines, disappearances, and much worse.
—Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gathers
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The Department of Public Works collects about 1,400 tons of yard waste each year and residents bring about 1,500 tons of yard waste each year to the drop off center, according to the city.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Lacy said that her own family collects figs and cherries, and leftover produce gets collected and placed in a food box for people in need.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
20 Oct. 2025
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The novel solution is a compact, top-like device that harvests kinetic energy from waves and vessel movements.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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Volunteers are needed to help Senior Gleaners of San Diego County, a volunteer group that harvests surplus fruit and vegetables from gardens and fields to donate to local nonprofits helping people in need.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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The country now assembles reactors in just five to six years, twice as fast as Western nations.—
Brad Plumer,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2025
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Those inevitable challenges could influence how Vitello assembles his coaching staff in the coming days and weeks.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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After the Christmas festivities conclude, Aruba’s attentions turn to Dande, a tradition whose name derives from the word for to wander in Papiamento, the Creole language that spans the ABC islands of the southern Caribbean.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
20 Oct. 2025
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The revenue and profits Ford derives from its F-150 and the Super Duty pickups means Ford will do everything to keep those assembly lines moving, even if that means slowing the production of other vehicles.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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Not the kind of dust that accumulates in the corners of rooms, but tiny golden particles that flow from the heavens towards earth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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Cha 1107-7626 is surrounded by a disk of gas and dust, which constantly falls onto the planet and accumulates during a process that astronomers call accretion.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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As of July, the ADS system had surpassed 100 million miles of driving, and the software currently gains roughly two million miles weekly, the report said.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
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As Diwali gains greater global resonance, brands beyond India’s borders are also joining in the celebration.—
Mayu Saini,
Footwear News,
18 Oct. 2025
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Sometimes the end almost reframes and summons everything that was going on at the beginning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Thrown into crisis, King Gwanghae summons Heo Gyun based on clues left behind and questions him about Hong Gildong’s identity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
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Anne’s trip to the countryside opens up the series both physically and thematically by acknowledging that Irish life and history exist outside Dublin and that while the Guinness family amasses power and plays at politics, others are living a much different existence.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Gathers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gathers. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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