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as in assembly
a body of people come together in one place
the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders
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2
as in meeting
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
attended a gathering for descendants of people who came to America on the Mayflower
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as in collection
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time
a great gathering of dust under the bed
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as in brewing
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as in collecting
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 harvesting
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 converging
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 deriving
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 accumulating
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 gaining
to gradually increase in
the movement gathered force as election day neared
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as in summoning
to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers
gathered the strength to finish the marathon
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Recent Examples of gathering
Samantha Neely, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
CinemaCon 2025 was held from March 31 to Thursday at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and marked the thirteenth annual gathering of the global motion picture theater industry.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025
Joohee Cho, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
The advanced scouting team kicks things off by gathering intel and putting together comprehensive scouting reports.
—Dianna Russini, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Mead Hall is the beating heart of Berk and the village’s main gathering hall.
—Samantha Neely, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
CinemaCon 2025 was held from March 31 to Thursday at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and marked the thirteenth annual gathering of the global motion picture theater industry.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
Thousands of South Korean citizens were gathering on Sunday near impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence a day before an arrest warrant for him expires.
—Joohee Cho, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
The advanced scouting team kicks things off by gathering intel and putting together comprehensive scouting reports.
—Dianna Russini, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gathering
Noun
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Do the five freedoms mentioned in the First Amendment – freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition – apply to undocumented immigrants?—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
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Everyone should have their constitutional rights to assembly, free speech, freedom of religion and free press protected.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Steven Bixby left New Hampshire for South Carolina in the 1990s after a warrant for his arrest was issued for driving drunk without a license and skipping meetings with his parole officers.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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After Trump’s outburst, the Republican senator Roger Wicker, of Mississippi, who chairs the Armed Services Committee, deleted a social-media post celebrating his meeting with Zelensky.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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These digital archives, and the strange intimacy that produces them, are the subject of Searches, a new essay collection by the novelist and journalist Vauhini Vara.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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That’s the advice right-to-repair advocates are giving anyone worried about how the tariffs will hit their wallets—and collections of electronic gadgets.—
Boone Ashworth,
Wired News,
9 Apr. 2025
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In short, these converging trends point toward a future where connectivity is not just pervasive but also secure, efficient and environmentally conscious.—
Max Silber,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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Their collision at the Austrian GP, an inevitable result of their converging performance, was disappointing.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Since then, the 31-year-old has alternated wins and losses, accumulating a 3-4 record while fighting at 115 and 125 pounds.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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While Auberge resorts do not have a dedicated loyalty program for accumulating points, the Auberge collection resorts can be found on the American Express travel portal, and points can be used and maximized with their reward system.—
Sierra Redmond,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Yet that didn’t stop me from gaining my first exposure to bitcoin at the end of 2020.—
Taesik Yoon,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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Their quick thinking prevents rioters from gaining control of the official records sent by the states declaring which candidate received the most votes.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA TODAY,
4 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In the latest version of the Files by Google app, summoning Gemini while looking at a PDF gives you the option to ask about the file, writes Android Police.—
Wes Davis,
The Verge,
21 Dec. 2024
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By the 1980s, when more modern methods of summoning help had supplanted its usefulness, the tower remained as a beacon for bored teenagers.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Dec. 2024
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The result is an assemblage of sorts where blue-footed boobies, coral reefs and even bat guano play a leading role, illustrating the ways nonhuman actors and their attendant ecologies have survived human predation.—
Elizabeth Rush,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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What made sense for Scholl was assemblage, putting everyday items together to create something new.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Gathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gathering. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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