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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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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 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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as in brewing
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Recent Examples of gathering
Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
Social gatherings really thrive on good communication and clear direction.
—R Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2025
Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
Spend your first 30 days gathering brutally honest insight from your team.
—Elizabeth Freedman, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Haggard is officially running for the May Republican primary, too, having formally kicked off his campaign with a friendly gathering of supporters in Plainfield Aug. 12.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
Social gatherings really thrive on good communication and clear direction.
—R Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
After a win and a tie at Maine, and a victory over Quinnipiac in CT Ice, the Huskies were gathering enough wins to get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, something that had eluded the program for so long.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
Spend your first 30 days gathering brutally honest insight from your team.
—Elizabeth Freedman, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gathering
Noun
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But the corporate nature of real-life K-Pop musician training and band assembly means that even such iconic groups as BTS and Blackpink are fictions of a sort, designed by labels to appeal to fans.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
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To truly future-proof operations, supply chain leaders must rethink how to plan holistically across both front-end (wafer fabrication) and back-end (assembly, test and packaging) stages.—
Umesh Kumar Sharma,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Start your day with a morning coffee, drop by for a lunch meeting to dine on tasty salade niçoise and pinsa, or come here for date night to enjoy their blue crab toast and linguine with clams.—
Rana Good,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The vote can occur remotely and does not require a league meeting.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Those interested in the upcoming Collegiate Collection won’t have to worry about sellouts as Stormy Kromer intends to add those hats to its permanent collection.—
Carol Cain,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Much like tennis bracelets and pendant necklaces, hoop earrings are a timeless essential in every modern jewelry collection — effortlessly versatile and always in style.—
Lauren Alexis Fisher,
Footwear News,
7 Aug. 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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Once your fluid volume is restored, fluid treatment is stopped to avoid accumulating excessive fluid.—
Sayaka Blickenderfer, PhD,
Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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Many suggest using strategies such as balance transfers, debt snowball or avalanche repayment methods, and setting up automatic payments to avoid accumulating more interest.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Nehring, who served as chair of the California Republican Party from 2007 to 2011 and was a spokesperson for Texas Senator Ted Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign, said the idea of California seceding was again gaining traction.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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The suspect raised roughly $60,000 in Australian dollars, or about $37,500 USD, after pocketing donations and gaining social media followers, the BBC previously reported.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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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 lawsuit’s goal is to ensure enforcement of the deed restrictions, which call for passive, non-commercial recreational uses not involving large assemblages of people or cars.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 July 2025
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There’s our Talmudic reading of the alternate-side calendar, with its we-are-the-world assemblage of holidays: to celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension, Eid al-Adha, and Tisha B’Av, a day of fasting that commemorates various Jewish disasters, nobody has to move their car.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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“Gathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gathering. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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