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as in collecting
to bring together in one body or place
both captains congregated their team members for some pregame strategizing
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as in gathering
to come together into one body or place
pilgrims have been congregating in the town's historic square for centuries
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Recent Examples of congregating
All attendees will go through security screening, and congregating in hallways will not be allowed.
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Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 28 May 2026
The scenes of thousands of fans congregating to welcome the team bus on arrival are emblematic of the transformation.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 May 2026
According to the team, the event is even more incredible knowing that the whales were congregating far before the peak migration period usually spanning March and April.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Apr. 2026
Over a two-year period, researchers at the Shark Lab used drones to study more than two dozen beaches up and down the California coastline and found juvenile white sharks congregating at two spots in southern Santa Barbara County and central San Diego County.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2026
Other affinity groups, including Trans in Classics and CripAntiquity, started congregating around the same time.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
And with birds congregating so closely together, diseases will spread quickly.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
Riches walked to his vehicle parked outside Annie Guthrie's house and headed back to where other media were congregating outside Nancy Guthrie’s house.
—Richard Ruelas, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 28 May 2026
The scenes of thousands of fans congregating to welcome the team bus on arrival are emblematic of the transformation.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 May 2026
According to the team, the event is even more incredible knowing that the whales were congregating far before the peak migration period usually spanning March and April.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Apr. 2026
Over a two-year period, researchers at the Shark Lab used drones to study more than two dozen beaches up and down the California coastline and found juvenile white sharks congregating at two spots in southern Santa Barbara County and central San Diego County.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2026
Other affinity groups, including Trans in Classics and CripAntiquity, started congregating around the same time.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
And with birds congregating so closely together, diseases will spread quickly.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
Riches walked to his vehicle parked outside Annie Guthrie's house and headed back to where other media were congregating outside Nancy Guthrie’s house.
—Richard Ruelas, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregating
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Now, less than a week after touching down in the Bay, the Valkyries are ready to start collecting on their investment.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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Once in the air, the dandelion drones would transmit data via radio signals, collecting readings on humidity, temperature and eventually creating a blueprint of the entire tunnel system.—
Tom Brown,
Space.com,
25 May 2026
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The robot training center's primary focus will be on gathering all the data possible, across a diverse collection of robots, in an effort to be able to fine-tune methods to teach new bots old tricks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 May 2026
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So, the political arm of the Peninsula Open Space Trust, which helps acquire land that the open space authority often manages, qualified the measure for the ballot through an initiative signature-gathering drive.—
Mercury News Editorial,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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The ingredients became rather expensive, not to mention that baking, assembling, decorating and transporting a carrot wedding cake was no small feat.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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But a shopping agent assembling an outfit, or a financial model deciding which risk is worth flagging and which is just chatter, operates in territory where what is good splinters into many defensible answers.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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The Disney subsidiary behind Doomsday is called For All Time Productions UK in a nod to its theme of converging timelines.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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That idea is at the center of Continuous Detection, Continuous Response (CDCR), a new framework implemented through Mate Security’s platform for converging those functions into a single continuous cycle.—
K.H. Koehler,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Warhol was a discerning watch collector, amassing hundreds of timepieces by heavyweights such as Rolex, Cartier, Piaget, and, of course, Patek, throughout his lifetime.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
22 May 2026
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Starring Sarah Snook, Jake Lacy, and Dakota Fanning, the series became Peacock’s biggest original launch to date, amassing 46 million hours viewed in its first three weeks, and stands as Sky’s highest-performing drama of 2025.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
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As the podcast industry debates the definition of a podcast and wades through unclear ad measurement tools, a secret industrywide taskforce has been meeting to combat the problem.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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Before the breach, 23andMe touted its security practices as meeting the highest industry standards.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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Immune cells here degraded old and damaged red blood cells, accumulating iron from the hemoglobin for a short period.—
Kasha Patel,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Attendance diminished in recent years as the Wizards tore down their roster in the hopes of accumulating draft picks in trades and losing enough games to win early picks via the annual draft lottery.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Some want their philanthropy to play a leadership role by convening others, influencing the field, or funding innovative work.—
Kris Putnam-Walkerly,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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And outside the university, the cycling community is strong, convening at spots such as the Davis Bike Collective and Davis Bike Club.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
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“Congregating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregating. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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