1
as in to summon
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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2
as in to gather
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 convene
The new House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee is scheduled to convene this week.
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Dana Ferguson, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2025
In January, leaders in artificial intelligence, including representatives from OpenAI and DeepMind, gathered in Gloria Steinem’s living room, convened by the media start-up Charter and Bloomberg Beta, to talk about gender equality in their industry.
—Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
The two men convene through their translator Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai), a disgraced noblewoman determined to prove her loyalty and strategic prowess.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Some education stakeholders said Lamont also ignored several proposals from the Task Force to Study Special Education Services and Funding, a 14-member group convened by statute in 2021 that delivered its final recommendations last month.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2025
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Dana Ferguson, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2025
In January, leaders in artificial intelligence, including representatives from OpenAI and DeepMind, gathered in Gloria Steinem’s living room, convened by the media start-up Charter and Bloomberg Beta, to talk about gender equality in their industry.
—Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
The two men convene through their translator Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai), a disgraced noblewoman determined to prove her loyalty and strategic prowess.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Some education stakeholders said Lamont also ignored several proposals from the Task Force to Study Special Education Services and Funding, a 14-member group convened by statute in 2021 that delivered its final recommendations last month.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convene
Verb
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The speaker here is one of those men — summoning his courage in the face of terror, steeling himself for the unimaginable.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Fixed an issue where Pals would not work if summoned too close to a tree.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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The trend has been squarely rising for the past decade, gathering pace in the pandemic, to become a defining way to travel for wealthy privacy-hunters and families looking for a hyper-luxe set-up to fly and flop across the generations.—
Giles Hattersley,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2025
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Israelis gathered in a Tel Aviv square, watching the hostage release live on a large screen.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
15 Feb. 2025
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The home support, angry at referee Rob Jones throughout, could barely muster an appeal for a penalty given the cleanness of the challenge.—
Matt Woosnam,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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The speaker seems to want to get through this as quickly as possible, with as much dignity as can be mustered.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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The school’s small class sizes allow for highly individualized attention, ensuring that each child’s unique learning style and academic needs are met.—
Hilary Tetenbaum,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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There were merely four movies from the Eighties and Nineties, which met varying degrees of success, about karate in the Valley, a wise sensei who died 2005, and a group of teenagers who were now in their fifties.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2025
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
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Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
14 Feb. 2023
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This week, the NFL world converges on Indianapolis for the scouting combine, where one of the most fascinating prospects in recent memory will re-enter the spotlight.—
Chad Graff,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Sporting events Courtesy of Visit Lake Tahoe Every July, the likes of the Kelce brothers, Colin Jost, and Charles Barkley converge on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe for the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship.—
Visit Lake Tahoe,
AFAR Media,
21 Feb. 2025
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The backpack had been left behind by a teen hiker who had to be rescued more than a month earlier after getting lost near the same location, according to Paul and the teenager who assembled the supplies.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Rather, homemade bombs assembled by Lan Xin Yan (Qui Jie), whose brother died in the robbery, escalates the tension.—
Robert Daniels,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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That night, when Noor rendezvoused with Peter, Catherine Rose in their secret meeting place, Sami called with the bad news, before boarding a plane with the mother.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
24 Jan. 2025
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Rocket Lab's launch must be precisely timed to allow its satellite to rendezvous with True Anomaly's spacecraft in orbit.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
12 Apr. 2024
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“Convene.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convene. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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