INGATHER Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

ingather

verb

Definition of ingather

as in to collect

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And an incomplete pass was best-case scenario after Patrick Mahomes scrambled just to collect the ball and alertly fire it out of bounds.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
And his teammates did follow his lead, with Austin Reaves collecting 19 points and Walker Kessler producing a double-double with 16 points on six-for-six shooting and 15 rebounds to go along with three blocks.

— Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of collect

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Here, the architecture distributes the congregation into a half circle, gathering them around the matter of their faith as a question rather than as an assertion.

— Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Families gathered to eat, strangers shared space and volunteers helped serve anyone who came through.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of gather

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Such a division of responsibilities could allow Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to concentrate on demanding tasks such as area air defence, missile defence and long-range strike operations.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
After college, Lincoln earned a master’s degree in art history from the University of Delaware in 1972, concentrating on 20th century art and classical art.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of concentrate

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Young Communists, often armed, congregated regularly at the Lustgarten, an open grassy area close to the old Royal Palace (known in the twenty-first century as Museum Park).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
The top was somewhat simple, a strapless corset bodice with a few abstract splashes of white congregating on the righthand side, but the gown grew decidedly more dramatic on the way down.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of congregate

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The Sea Ranch Lodge is just a small part of the much larger 7,000-acre Sea Ranch community, which has grown to encompass 2,224 homes clustered around a series of sunny meadows surrounded by stands of wind-breaking cypress.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
NerdWallet’s monthly shopping guide tracks how discounts cluster around specific calendar windows — holiday weekends, model-release cycles and post-season clearance.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026

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