1
as in to gather
to bring together in one body or place
both captains congregated their team members for some pregame strategizing
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as in to converge
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 congregate
Gould Plaza has since been closed to the public altogether and NYU students have not been allowed to congregate there.
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Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Aspiring and experienced boaters alike will congregate at the Orange County Convention Center this weekend as the Orlando Boat Show floats into Central Florida once again.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
So having places to congregate and hang out in a safe way in downtown Woodstock is just amazing.
—Emily McLeod, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
The offices of directors, producers and casting agents sat squeezed alongside spaces where strugglers congregated.
—Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
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Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Aspiring and experienced boaters alike will congregate at the Orange County Convention Center this weekend as the Orlando Boat Show floats into Central Florida once again.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
So having places to congregate and hang out in a safe way in downtown Woodstock is just amazing.
—Emily McLeod, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
The offices of directors, producers and casting agents sat squeezed alongside spaces where strugglers congregated.
—Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregate
Verb
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In Broadview, a few dozen gathered to commemorate the ritual outside alongside detainees.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Ali, who wasn’t formally charged, called his family to say that he would be released on bail, and asked them to gather the funds and collect him from prison.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Others were looking ahead to Geneva next month, when the industry converges for Watches and Wonders and the constellation of satellite events that now orbit it.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
30 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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Rose had collected art her whole life, cared a lot about her paintings, and was disturbed, obviously, by this fact that wasn’t a fact.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Eighty minutes in, yellow card already in his pocket and a one-game suspension already looming, Wilfried Zaha collected a Pep Biel pass in stride and buried it into the far corner.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2026
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Within eight minutes, the New Kensington fire department arrived and was met with heavy flames at the back of the house.—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The teams meet for the third time this season.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 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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If Washington waits until the invasion fleet is already assembling for the crossing at full capacity, China begins Phase Four after enjoying every day of unmolested preparation that blockade and coercion bought it.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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The Red Sox have amassed a huge amount of starting pitching depth heading into 2026, but that depth is already being tested less than a week into the season.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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After amassing 105 points, the sixth-best point total in the NHL last year that tied a single-season franchise record, the Kings are seeking to avert a similar fall from grace.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The purpose of our mountain drive this morning is to rendezvous with Fitz and the rest of the Caldwell clan and take advantage of the virgin powder now piling up around California’s Carson Pass.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Instead of a moon landing, astronauts aboard NASA's Orion capsule will rendezvous and dock Earth orbit with at least one of the commercial lunar landers being developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Congregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregate. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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