1
as in summoned
to bring together in assembly by or as if by command
convened the members of the council for an emergency session
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as in gathered
to come together into one body or place
the conventioneers convened in the auditorium to hear the guest speaker
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Recent Examples of convened
The committee, created in 1978, is very rarely convened due to the strict, narrow standards for its implementation.
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Dan Peck, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Commercial conversations Earlier this month, the UK government convened a meeting of defense companies to meet ambassadors and defense attaches from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Iraq and Jordan.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
The board met in the county commissioner’s room before the testing of the machines, then convened to the South Room, where the 60 machines representing 5% of the voting machines used in the upcoming election were tested.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
The panel has convened just three times in its 53-year history and issued only two exemptions.
—Matthew Brown, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
It was convened in 1975 to discuss recombinant DNA, a then-new kind of genome editing.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Before this week, the panel had convened just three times in its 53-year history and issued only two exemptions.
—Matthew Brown, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Parady is one of the members of the city’s Surveillance Task Force, which Johnston’s office convened last year in response to the concerns over Flock.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
The best pizza makers in the world convened at the Las Vegas Convention Center the last week in March to put forth their best pies across a range of styles, including Neapolitan, traditional and non-dairy at The International Pizza Expo.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Dan Peck, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Commercial conversations Earlier this month, the UK government convened a meeting of defense companies to meet ambassadors and defense attaches from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Iraq and Jordan.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
The board met in the county commissioner’s room before the testing of the machines, then convened to the South Room, where the 60 machines representing 5% of the voting machines used in the upcoming election were tested.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
The panel has convened just three times in its 53-year history and issued only two exemptions.
—Matthew Brown, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
It was convened in 1975 to discuss recombinant DNA, a then-new kind of genome editing.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Before this week, the panel had convened just three times in its 53-year history and issued only two exemptions.
—Matthew Brown, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Parady is one of the members of the city’s Surveillance Task Force, which Johnston’s office convened last year in response to the concerns over Flock.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
The best pizza makers in the world convened at the Las Vegas Convention Center the last week in March to put forth their best pies across a range of styles, including Neapolitan, traditional and non-dairy at The International Pizza Expo.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convened
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Olsson, for the first time in her career, was being summoned.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Italian government formally protested the incident to Israeli authorities and summoned Israel's ambassador to Rome for clarification.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Mar. 2026
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Jamaica born About a hundred people gathered to lay Wilson to rest, singing, crying and laughing while remembering his kind heart, his hard work and his famous barbecue ribs and chicken wings.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Ka'mardre Coleman remembered Students and family of Ka'mardre Coleman gathered in the high school's courtyard with flowers, balloons and candles.—
Adi Guajardo,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Cushing hopes the boost in scoring potential from the two deals last week can take pressure off the defense, considering the offense only mustered three shots on goal through the first two matches before showing more cohesion in the win over Gotham FC.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Yet on May 14, the 1st Iowa Infantry Regiment mustered at Keokuk and made its way to Confederate-sympathizing southern Missouri.—
Bill Steiden,
Des Moines Register,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Nooshin Meshkaty, an Iranian American businessperson, said even though the government has tried to limit people for 47 years, it has always been met with resistance.—
Laurie Perez,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Heading into the season, however, the gamble was paying off — news of her casting was met with fan excitement and a preview of the season that aired after the Oscars drew more than 5 million viewers.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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After the fight was called, Barber lay on the canvas for a few minutes, looking around and breathing heavily, while UFC trainers evaluated her.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
31 Mar. 2026
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Les Grenadiers, as the team is often called, were in the midst of a magical run through the regional tournament that determined which teams from North America would earn a place in the 2026 World Cup.—
Albert Samaha,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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As of late March, these two meanings have converged.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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Capital Economics wrote in a note on Friday that the S&P 500’s IT sector has converged with the valuations of the rest of the index, a pattern that matched the final months of the 2000s bubble.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Museum workers had assembled it from forty pieces with no instruction manual.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Stranger Things’ original cast was assembled in 2015 when Season 1 was shot.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2026
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However, unlike the X-37B, Shenlong has rendezvoused with other objects in space.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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The Japanese space agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), launched its Hayabusa2 mission in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the near-Earth C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu in June 2018.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Convened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convened. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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